Dear Editor
Justin Trudeau says that “you can’t make a choice between what’s good for the environment and what’s good for the economy.” Yet, that is exactly what he did by (if you’ll excuse the bad pun) green lighting the Kinder Morgan project. He opted to put the environment at risk in favour of an economic benefit. And Christy Clark did the same when she declared her support.
It is often said we need to wean ourselves off our dependence on fossil fuels. But that cannot be accomplished by expanding oil related infrastructure, or accepting million dollar buy-offs, or by declaring an inefficient spill clean-up system as “world-class.” If the ultimate objective is to develop a non-polluting economy, there has to be a significant move by governments to formulate a transitional plan.
Let’s face it. A carbon tax and an international pledge to reduce greenhouse gases doesn’t constitute an overall strategy to combat climate change. These are, at best, small hesitant steps. At worst, political posturing.
Bill Brassington Sr., Burnaby
