Pippen,
There are two types of people in this world. Those who believe the environment is #1 and those who believe the economy is #1.
You clearly are in the latter group.
Actually there are three different types and I am of the third that falls into the category which would like to see a combination of your to previous clasifications. In saying that though I am not going to see the farm sold and my family move into a 1 bedroom condo for the betterment of some "pie in the sky" fishery mandates.
IMHO you and those like you are wrong. If the environment is destroyed, everything goes down! Human health is directly connected to air , food and water quality. We have a huge dependency on a functioning environment for our continued existence. Just look at the situation with respect to bees and what happens to our food supply if things get worse with their colonies disappearing across the world!
Well.....you can say I am wrong all you want. I have stated nothing other than I respect other's opinions but don't think I have said that they are outright wrong.
Absolutely.....in this province if the environment goes is destroyed....EVERYTHING DOES GO DOWN. We are a province that has not developed alternate industries but we do rely (just like AB, SK MB) on our resources as a source of revenue. We are NOT an anomally and if you can tell me how this province is going to make money in the short term I would be interested.
Let me ask you to clarify your stance.............so you are NO to forestry, mining, fishing, farming etc? Yes....the latter two will raise questions but commercial fishing (aside from quota issues) is a resource based employer in this province.....as is farming (not fish farming as I abhor it). WHERE is this province going to find it's dollars? Do you not think we are taxed pretty heavily? Do you want more taxes?
Oh.....and by the way.......don't even waste my time in this discussion with bee colonies. Show my some FACTUAL evidence with CREDIBLE sources.
It is people you brand as" hippy/socialists" in the past who fought for health and safety rules in the workplace, who forced the powers that be to mitigate mine tailing and air pollution and ensured we have proper food labeling. It is people who you consider radicals who have made the world a healthier and safer place.
Hahaha.....that is funny. You are saying Labourists from way, way back in the Industial Revoloution made our world, workplaces, environment and the planet a "Happier Place"? Maybe that is why the Mayor of Vancovuer owns a Company called Happy Planet.
If you think we have not evolved immensely as a society beyond the mentality of "radicals"......that have fashioned the world.....you are likely so far Green/Pinko that you will never see through your hemp poncho and "I love Birkenstocks" t-shirt.
Hippy's did NOT fight for all that you mentioned..........their fundamental ethos since the mid 60's — including harmony with nature, communal living, artistic experimentation particularly in music, and the widespread use of recreational drugs — spread around the world. They did NOT make the world a healthier and safer place unless you consider massive protests to a war, buring pachoolie and driving up the cost of granola....."safer and healthier".
None of you "economy is #1" disciples would have done that as it "costs money". The thing you advocates cannot understand is there is only one earth, it is not disposable, and the richest man in the cemetery is still dead!
Haha......ya.....making the world better via capitalism has done jack squat for the betterment of the world. Good luck in your dugout canoe....and sealguy fishing line dragging for fish. The statement above is so leftist and so narrow-minded I have trouble even comprehending that you made it?
People like Suzuki, who you also denigrate, have educated and woken people up to the fact that placing "the economy" on a pedestal above all things will eventually lead to disaster. I have nothing but respect for him, as have thousands of other Canadians, since he came very high in the Greatest Canadian poll done a while back.
Hey.....I have some good things and bad things to say about Suzuki. I applaud his fight against fish farms........but I also think his stance on hunting and the BS propoganda he pulls about grizzly bear and wolf populations in this Province is a massive load of ****. No issues saying that at all as his plebes/disciples who are city dwellers and have ZIPPO idea as to what ACTUALLY happens outside of city limits are the ones who PAY HIS SALARY. I will not dispute he has done some good things and I am on board with some of his green intiatives.....but the BS propaganda against hunting is something I do have inside knowledge of and it's a load shat.
Suzuki is FAR from the GOD many place him as......much as many voting plebes do they believe everything they hear in the first 5 minutes of the news hour and believe it as the truth. When in this day and age you have a friend called Google where you can research issues, cross reference their sources and ACTUALLY take some time out of your life to be educated on many things.
The Liberals would sell anything, if it made a buck. Christy has said so. Just like Faust in the famous play they will sell the soul of BC, our rivers,lakes and coast, to the highest bidder (aka Northern Gateway). They cannot understand we live on a finite planet and will do anything, including robbing our children and grandchildren and leaving them will huge environmental bills to pay, in order to have "$$ now".
OKay......I am not fan of the Gateway proposal as it stands. What do you tell those in mid/central BC who stand to benefit with 15+ years of employent who are now living off the Province? "Hey guys......we got this down south.....we voted out the HST but we're jacking up income tax, carbon tax and the PST; you're good!"
Sadly human lifetimes are too short and if they win they can never be held to account for what they might do, since the consequences come back decades later; just like the devil in the Faust play, he will always collect his due for the soul of BC!
Yup.....and decades later may you rest still in peace knowing your grandkids had to move to Thailand to open up a recycled beach toy shop as the "green" economy offered them nothing after they spent countless dollars on a degree.