OrilliaMatters received the following letter from Michael B. Douglas regarding the fate of the TMX Pipeline and the impact decision about this might impact the re-election efforts of Justin Trudeau.
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Mr. Trudeau’s decision on the TMX pipeline and tanker project could have a big impact on his re-election campaign.
The federal Conservatives under Stephen Harper successfully avoided making any effective decisions regarding pipe lines during their tenure, and now Andrew Sheer is content to sit on the fence regarding any real energy policy.
It is decision time and this decison will play a very large part in determining the outcome of the forthcoming federal election.
I’ve donated to the federal Liberal party in past elections in part because they pledged to make climate action a priority. It is now time for the federal Liberal party to make these climate action convictions a reality.
The clock is ticking world wide on the need for substantial action to curb the effects of global warming, including reducing carbon emmissions and effectively providing measures to tackle climate changes. Mr. Trudeau would be wise to consider whether voters will back a “Pipeline Prime Minister” in a climate election.
We are very fortunate as Canadians to live in a portion of the planet that endows us with an environment that is envied by the majority of the rest of our world.
However, statistically having less annual carbon emmissions than many other parts of the world does not give us the right or make any economic, social or environmental sense to continue endorsing more and more hydrocarbon usage in a mad race to simply equal the dismal environmental track records of other nations.
I can’t support a party that would pour tax dollars into pipelines and tankers, in the middle of a climate emergency. I know I am not alone in this view.
Michael B. Douglas
Brechin
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