24 Oct 2018
Prime Minister Trudeau has a talent for packing a large
amount of nonsense into very few words. He performed a few personal bests
in these statements “A Cleaner Environment for a Stronger Economy,” and
“Starting next year it will no longer be free to pollute anywhere in
Canada.” Both these statements were said in relation to the carbon tax.
The first statement is risible on its face, and you have to
have drunk deep of the Kool-aid, or inhaled deeply of the newly legal stuff
even to make the connection between strengthening the economy by the means of
higher taxes.
The second statement is only possible for year-zero
fanatics, people who think history starts with them. The modern era of
taxes and regulation to control pollution began in the 1960s, before even
Trudeau pere was Prime Minister and it certainly took off in the early
1970s.
But the real nonsense is the implication that carbon dioxide
is a pollutant, when it isn’t. Carbon dioxide is a natural component of
the earth’s atmosphere and is essential to plant life. The rise in
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels since the 1960s has resulted in the greening
of the planet and contributes to healthier crop yields for a growing and hungry
human population.
Our former drama teacher expertly performs farce and comedy
on the public stage, and there is much tragedy both in the work his government
has done and not done.
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