Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is not on top of things when it comes to the Environment or as Justin Trudeau puts it, Climate Change. He has people, MP’s who don’t agree with his plan. And he better deal with it because if he doesn’t, well Trudeau and all liberals are just going to make fun of it, and nobody, including those in his political party will support him for it. Right now, we are paying over a dollar per litre for gasoline. And a liberal government big or small is going to keep it there. Conservatives need to come together to fix it and change so that issues with the environment are kept safe for everyone.
One of the best books that I’ve read about a Conservative movement across Canada was written by Tasha Kheiriddin and Adam Daifallah, Rescuing Canada’s Right. A Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution. In Chapter 15 it about the environment and the Free-Market of Environmentalism. The Environment doesn’t have to be done entirely by any Government, it can be by us, the Canadian Citizen or by the Private Sector (Business). A good reason for doing this is that private property rights encourage stewardship of resources; and Government subsidies degrade the environment.
There should be Free Market solutions.
The liberals idea is to own it, so that nothing happens to it. Nothing can be built, wildlife can roam free without any interference from humans. But, we can do that as well. When we own it, we want to take care of it as well. But, with the liberals we’re also paying for it. At the Gas Pumps. And if you live in Ontario or anywhere East of there you’re getting it not from Alberta, but Saudi Arabia or some Middle Eastern Country that has rich oil reserves. not Israel though.
The liberals, and the Mainstream Media (MSM) want you to think that Conservatives don’t care about this. They’d rather build infrastructure, destroy farmland, dig everything up and build something big like a highway and we’ll deal with the environmental aspect of it another time. Here’s what the Toronto Star said recently about highway 413. It is suppose to be built off of hwy. 400 and extend to the highway 401\407 highway. It will be 52 Km long. Whoever takes it will avoid the series of highways coming through Toronto at 5 o’clock in the afternoon which anyone will tell you will take you a lot longer. It’s good particularly for Truck Drivers coming in from up North because they’re usually carrying a load to the U.S. Border and they can’t get through without passing through the 401 in the Toronto area.
But, here’s the Toronto Star who says it’s a bad idea because of the farmland, wetlands, endangered species, that building this highway is going to destroy. Doug Ford wants to build it (today they talked about him resigning plus the election he’ll lose next year if he stays on), and so of course they’re against it. It’s not a bad idea if the liberals do it, but only if Doug Ford does. In this, It suggest that Conservatives have no regard for the Environment and liberals do. Lost is the fact that past Conservative PM such as Stephen Harper, Brian Mulroney, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford care very deeply about the environment. The reason a Conservative Government introduced a tax rebate on Public Transit was so more people would take public transit. It was cancelled by former Finance Minister Bill Morneau in 2017 budget. I remember him calling it to expensive. Not for me it wasn’t. At one time the Conservatives went on record as opposing the Kyoto Protocol and what did the liberals have to say about that? Well you hate the environment, you don’t want to do anything about it and that’s a bad thing, so you shouldn’t be voted for. I suspect there’s some media that say that too. But nothing could be further from the Truth. Every Conservative MP takes into account the environmental impact of every project built.
I once saw a Conservative Candidate talk about a school in his riding that was so very special because it was a school for kids with disabilities. Even blind kids who could read Braille out in the school yard. No kidding? If he cares about the kids that go school in his riding of Parkdale/Highpark you’d better believe he cares about the environment around him as well. He was a Candidate running for MPP in that riding. He lost, but he was a smart guy that I admire. The Kyoto thing was a bad idea. The Conservatives should have a plan to counter the liberals environmental ideas.
The book says that young people in particular care about these things. I’m not really sure why? but they do. And maybe we should. Much of the media don’t like the Conservatives and never have anything good to say about them even on the best of days.
The Conservatives need policies that work
There needs to be common sense and private solutions that work for them. The Green Party is getting more and more voters which I think shows that the environment is starting to matter to Canadians. The Conservatives can gain from this. If there was a Conservative Minority Government, with Green Party support, the Conservatives could reach an agreement on some piece of legislation like a budget and use the Greens to support them. It would prove first of all to Canadians that Conservatives DO care about the environment and it would confuse the liberals for Conservatives finding common ground on environmental policy. The Conservatives should be presenting things like a “free-market alternative.” This will obviously oppose the liberals Climate Change (CC) plan which is to impose a tax and make money off it. If the Conservatives come up with an alternative,
How can the liberals oppose an idea that the Greens support?
Sounds like a good idea to me if you don’t mind me tooting my own horn. You could stand on just that, which makes it all worth it (insert smiley face here). One other thing the book mentions is this organization: Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). This Organization is based in the U.S. but we could also use one of these in Canada. Some of the things they support is: Property Rights, Government subsidies will often degrade the environment (the idea being that if government owns it we won’t take care of it, if we own we’ll do a better job), but Market incentives spur individuals to conserve resources and protect environmental quality; also polluters will be held liable if they harm the environment. PERC’s starting position is that protecting property rights is key to protecting the environment. There’s also other things such as ITQ’s (Individual Transferable Quotas) which allows for fishermen to own a portion of the annual fish they catch. This is their job, career, or livelihood. It’s all they do. This can apply to those who live on the East Coast. Nova Scotia YHZ, Halifax. Remember this:
Government is best which governs the least.
This is a quote that is supported by Al Gore. I agree with it too. But let’s not go to far with that quote, we do need a certain amount of Government intervention I think. An environmental plan should empower individuals and communities to protect natural resources. We can help the Environment. The left wants us to do the same thing. I just read in the David Suzuki Website that encourages us to do things like eat for a climate-stable planet. Which means no meat, eat organic food, drink Soy milk (I think it taste yuk!), don’t waste it and grow your own food. Suzuki, he owns millions in private property, I wonder if he grows his own. Or he’s got servants to cook his own. The other thing we should note in his website is to get politically active and vote. I’ll agree with voting. Young or old we should all vote. In Australia it is required to or you will be fined. So getting politically active. When David Suzuki talks about voting for the Government who takes this Climate Change serious, he means liberals. Not Conservatives.
When you own land, you want to take care of it.
That is a Conservative way of taking care of the Environment. It doesn’t look like it does it. Can we take care of all of it? Yes! One thing we should know and what the book says in the last page of the Chapter (page 238) is that their ideas are not accurately represented in the media. If you look at the Toronto Star and see what it said about Highway 413 it said there are 8 developers who own the land where the proposed highway is suppose to go and that these developers all have connections to the Ontario PC Party. Also, take a look at the very first sentence of this editorial and you’ll see this:
Building a new 400-series highway across York, Peel and Halton regions was always a bad idea. Toronto Star.
The key word was always. Maybe it was, or not. But you’ll never hear of how the previous liberal Govt. was moving forward with building this new highway. But now that Ford wants to build it well, let’s jump on him for it. I’m pretty sure that the previous was going to build it wasn’t going to be mentioned. But this was printed by the Editorial Board on April 5th. And if you look down near the end, you’ll read that this Ford Government “gutted environmental protections and eased the way for developers and urban sprawl developments.” See the idea? Conservatives are bad for the environmental. But if the property is privately owned, and you want to do something like take care of it, and put a new highway through it, give the PC Party of Ontario at the same time, how can that be so bad? How’s that for misrepresentation? If the Star thinks that this is such a bad idea, than what does the Opposition have to say about it? I’m asking because, what if liberal leader, Steven Del Duca wants to build this highway sometime in the future. This, when there is a liberal govt.
If this happens well, I don’t think we’re going to hear any boos from the Star
This is what makes them biased, and why we shouldn’t listen to them. It’s not them that’s speaking it’s a biased opinion. It’s okay for liberals to do it but not Conservatives. Not Doug Ford. It’s not what I believe either. So here’s the end. Take a look at the liberal Climate plan and it says that Erin O’Toole voted to deny that climate change is real. That helps if you don’t have a plan really. It also said that the liberals wanted to strengthen their plan by adding 64 new measures, and also by adding $15 billion dollars to the cause. That’s the price of gasoline you’re paying. Ask yourself this question:
Are you going to see your money at working.
The answer is no. You won’t. We’re going to pay for it and the Government is going to take care of it. Won’t they? Yea, and there will never be another liberal scandal after this. Insert another smiley face here. The Conservatives have to put a significant amount of time, energy and attention into this matter. They do care about the Environment though. Each and every one of them. Their foundation should be based on Private Ownership which encourages stewardship of land, and a Free Market. The only thing that should require Government intervention is in law or regulation where polluters must be penalized. It is God’s will for us to take care of this earth and everything in it. This is hurting Erin O’Toole and the Conservatives because a look at their popularity these days and well it looks like in the next election they’re going to be losing more seats, and as much as you can hear Erin O’Toole talk about this, he’s got people, including those in his own Cabinet who disagree with him. Some say he supports a Carbon Tax. That’s a bad idea because the liberals have already implemented that so it must be a bad idea. He must present an alternative to the liberals plan. But these are MP’s. They’ve been in power once already and they have smart people working for them.
Why can’t they come up with a plan?
Why can’t they ask their American Counterparts or read the book I’ve read? Rescuing Canada’s Right, A blueprint for a Conservative Revolution by Tasha Kheiriddin and Adam Daifallah, forward by Mark Steyn? Read Chapter 15. Greening the Conservative Movement. Can one of the Authors work to become an MP? I’d love to see it. Let’s get on top of this. Let’s pray about it. I’d love to see Conservatives and Greens working together for a common cause. I’ve discovered Erin O’Toole’s environmental plan so click on it to see. Good news. Smiley Face here.
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