Sunday, December 12, 2010

Sukuki Slyly Slithers Sideways

David Suzuki, noticeably absent from the Cancun climate confab, has surfaced today with this Torstar piece. He opens thusly:

In a recent article on CBC’s website, political commentator Scott Reid wrote that I don’t “give a damn” about the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.

Reid, who was former prime minister Paul Martin’s communications director, is correct that I was “fed up and had little time for Cancun, assuming the political will to respond to the pressing threat of climate change at this forum was all but nil.”


So Dr. Suzuki is "fed up" and has "little time" for climate conferences when he recognizes the political winds are not blowing his way. But isn't Global Warming/Climate Change/Global Climate Disruption the most important issue of our time?


But there’s nothing that concerns me more than the threat of climate change and the necessity of world leaders to deal with the crisis. I’ve just seen the futility of trying to get our current government to act in any meaningful way at the UN talks, and I agree with David Suzuki Foundation staff that our efforts are better placed elsewhere.

So it is the most important issue of our time but you and the staff at your foundation have chosen to concentrate your efforts elsewhere? Define elsewhere. Of course Dr. Suzuki never clearly defines "elsewhere" but what he does say gives a clue.

In Canada, though, we can accomplish more by working with municipal and provincial governments, and with thousands of concerned citizens, than trying to get the federal government to act on global warming. Our work around clean-energy solutions and other ways to resolve climate issues — and help steer Canada toward the emerging clean-energy economy — is more in line with initiatives such as Ontario’s plan to phase out coal power and create incentives to attract clean-energy technologies, B.C.’s implementation of a carbon tax that increases over time, and the City of Vancouver’s bold Greenest City initiative.

Of course, that’s not enough to confront a global problem like climate change, but if leadership is lacking at the top, we must build from the ground up.

I do give a damn about the UN climate talks. I only wish our government did.


Never mind, Carry on.


Syncro



7 comments:

Alberta Girl said...

Maybe, given the colder temperatures, he is going back to his 1970's declaration that we are heading for another ice age.

We must stop it NOW!!! Send money....

syncrodox said...

Alberta Girl

The send money now thing is probably imperative.

Syncro

Kursk said...

It's all about the socialist transfer of wealth through other means.

Suzuki is a fraud and no better than Bernie Madoff. They both peddle dreams that become nightmares when implemented.

Hit the road, you arthritic old carpet bagging rent seeker.

syncrodox said...

BTW...Check the last link. Canadian Cariboo in Crisis.

Syncro

Hoarfrost said...

Rational Conservatives support the production of clean energy where possible. Suzuki goes wrong when he begins to talk about CO2 as a pollutant. That is an unproven theory at this point.

He does the green movement a disservice by going off half cocked. Suzuki is little more than an irritating boil on the skin of responsible society.

Martin said...

Working more closely with municipal and provincial governments such as Dalton McGuinty's Ont. is now Suzuki's strategy. He just keep moving from one lost cause to another, McGuinty is toast in 10 months. Maybe that is why he is so cranky lately.

CanadianSense said...

The FIT's are drying up in Europe. The energy companies and their shareholders are looking for the next mark.

Ontario looks like an easy mark. Billions for long term contracts with inflated prices above the spot market.

What could go wrong? Green Energy companies business practices are nothing new. 'payola'+PR make for a great method of extracting government dollars.