Justin Trudeau in a disdasha?

Vincent J. Curtis

16 Aug 21

Climate facts

RE: When it comes to climate we have no good options. Op-ed by Bill Henderson, self-described climate activist.  Published in the Hamilton Spectator 16 Aug 21.

In his article, climate activist Bill Henderson stated, “The Liberals have been abysmal on the climate file.  Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise..”  The data on Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions is readily obtainable, and it is false to state that Canada’s GHG emissions continue to rise.

In fact, Canada’s GHG emissions peaked in 2007, at 752 Mt. and then roughly stabilized.  In 2018, GHG emission totaled 728 Mt., while in 2019 they were 730 Mt.

Mr. Henderson was right to say that in the coming federal election there will be no way for Canadians to vote for a government to deliver the effective climate mitigation needed.  That’s because the Canadian electorate can’t vote the Chinese Communist Party out of power in China.  China produces thirty percent of the world’s CO2 emissions, and is adding 36 gigawatts of coal-fired electrical generation to its portfolio every year between now and 2030.  Canada produces only 1.5 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions, and so there is nothing Canada can do to halt the growth of world CO2 emissions.

Mr. Henderson is also untruthful when he says, “In truth, Canada is a petrostate.”   There may well be a picture somewhere of an abysmal Justin Trudeau wearing a dishdasha, but Canada is not Saudi Arabia or Venezuela.

Nothing like a few facts to spoil an argument!

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