I don't need to do those things to care about Canada or have the right to express my opinion.
I tend to read a lot of stories and post what I see as objective, unlike you(apparently) I don't have the super ability to go out and collect all the information on my own. And if you're one of these people who see objective reporting as "left wing media" then I'm almost certainly going to start ignoring you.
Ignoring what is almost certainly one of the most significant and serious issues in human history is kind of distinctive don't you think and will most likely be a defining characteristic of certain members of the conservative movement for years to come, that is if there are actually people around to share it. And this is based on several years of doing my own research online and in library reading pretty much everything I could on the matter(Climate Change)..so don't have the arrogance to try and tell me it isn't happening or that it isn't serious as some here try to do
constantly. It's insulting and very frustrating for someone who's already watched the region where he was born and spent most of his life go through dramatic and negative change. Unless you're of the opinion that there are several classes of Canadians and some of us don't have the right to express serious concerns like this in advance of our own deeply held interests and cares, then stop telling me what I have the right to believe and say.
I think most Canadians are sane, I think the current government hasn't been acting that way.
I'm not doing it for your benefit, you're obviously of the type that has already decided all the "facts" and you don't have to listen to or allow anyone who disagrees with you to express their views, just like our government. When our "elected" officials actually start listening to reason then people like me won't have to post it.
If you're troubled by reality then by all means stick with the party that clearly wants to avoid it, don't ask the rest of us to abandon reason for insanity just because it's comfortable.
We all watched how tightly the current government has come to controlling access to information and democratic process, anyone who has a problem with Canadian citizen posting legitimate concerns about the effects of that on themselves and the broader Canadian society around them can bite me. I don't like what I see because it hurts me and the culture around me. Things like this, do we really want to be defined as Canadians by how nasty our PM is.
Stephen Harper’s legacy in government may be nastiness: Hébert | Toronto Star
Basically if my opinions don't conform with what's now become PC in Canada and chaps some people off, tough ****. This isn't Russia, China, Zimbabwe or some other place where people are expected to toe the official line or else. Anybody who wants to build that kind of culture after all the sacrifices made to give us the kind of freedoms we have can go to hell as far as I'm concerned, they're being anti-Canadian, just like our PM.
Cheating on elections doesn't make you a good Canadian, or suppressing the truth or groups you don't like, it makes you nasty.
It seems that everyone that does not share your personal viewpoints is ignorant or insane or uneducated or even nasty.
The reality is that most Canadians do not share your views as evidenced by their voting results.
So you are the odd one out.
And the reality is that almost all serious issues have two sides perhaps more.
And there are usually multiple rights and multiple wrongs on every debatable issue.
And if you are incapable of seeing and understanding that you will never be much of a debater.
Instead you will just end up haranging all others who may or may not agree with you.
And that combined with being a cut"n'paste wizard comes off as inexpierenced and annoying.
Ideologues are almost always repetitive and boring.
We have 2 1/2 more years of Harper and judging from your endless cut'n'pastes that must be a very painful reality for you.
I see you chose to ignore my question about voting and or working on party campaigns.
Probably because you have not bothered.
I would suggest that anyone who cares deeply about politics and outcomes should donate both time and money to the issues at hand.
You can learn an awful lot about issue managemant and political issues and outcomes by becoming involved yourself.
As to Governments of China, Russia and Zimbabwe what do you know about them and their motivations?
I have worked for the governments of China ,Russia, India and Cuba
And multinationals in Europe, SA, ME and Asia.
I learned a lot about other countries, how they operate, their politics, what their people want , their views on climate change and pollution.
Climate change is an international issue.
Canada is so small population wise that Canadian management or lack thereof of c02 really makes no difference on a global scale.
And compared to the huge polluters like China and India we are actually setting very high standards ourselves.
If Canada completely shut down oil sands extraction, or conversely ramped up development as much as possible it would make virtually no difference globally.
It's all about perception.
If you care about global pollution and or climate change you need to make changes where the big emissions are both in place and planned for the future.
And that is not in Canada.
Environmental activism in Canada is a political non-development agenda.
It really has nothing to do with improving pollution or emissions on a global scale.
And everything to do with trying to turn Canada into a giant national park.