Dear Editor
“One of the responsibilities of any and every Canadian prime minister is to get our resources to market.” – Justin Trudeau, First Ministers Meeting, March 2016, Vancouver
That’s all well and good, but shouldn’t the starting point be climate change rather than the exportation of tar sands oil? It may be true that some taxes and royalties will help fund some social services such as health care, but wouldn’t pollution prevention help avoid adding to the creation of those costs in the first place?
Isn’t an unpolluted environment a responsibility of governments as well and, if so, why are we allowing it to be trumped by the exportation of fossil fuels?
I mean, if the we recognize the harmful impact of fossil fuels on the environment, and if we subscribe to the ideal of transitioning off of fossil fuels, why in hell are we focused on feeding the monster?
Bill Brassington Sr., Burnaby
