There are a few things that I wanted to write on today. I do apologize for my inactivity recently.
- Stéphane Dion has given Justin Trudeau the OK to run as a Liberal in the next general election in an electoral district in his home province of Quebec. There are currently in-depth discussions with Justin and senior party officials on which riding he’ll run in. Justin has expressed interest in running in Jean Lapierre’s former riding, Outremont after his retirement from federal politics to serve as a political analyst for a Quebec based television network.
- The British government’s Environment Minister David Miliband has announced that the government will be sending copies of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth to every secondary school throughout the country. This transpires after an Opposition M.P. suggested sending the film to every home. I applaud the British government for educating Britons on crucial issue in our time.
- Canada’s Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor has announced a $3.4B cargo plane deal with Boeing. The Canadian Forces need these aircraft so we don’t need our troops to thumb a ride with the Americans to go overseas to Afghanistan and countless other missions that our country is involved with. However, the timing of the purchase announcement is
inappropriate, with news that the military doesn’t have enough funding to keep our naval vessels afloat. The Conservative government has to rethink its military renewal strategy.
- British Columbia is in greater risk of a major earthquake this week after seismologists reported a series of minor earthquakes creeping up from Washington. I think it’d be wise for the Conservative government to increase funding towards seismic research, and redeveloping BC’s infrastructure to protect Canadians from these horrendous natural disasters.
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February 2nd, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I’m curious to see An Inconvenient Truth as it would be nice to see someone make the case for Global Warming because I don’t appreciate how it is assumed that it is simply “common knowledge” and everyone understands it. Because….quite honestly, I don’t and I’ve never had the case made to me for it, rather I’ve only been suggested (not in such words) that I’m an idiot for not accepting it. However, I don’t want to just automatically accept it because it is popular right now. I’m not against the theory/belief, but I’d like to hear the case for it before putting my full support.
In the mean time, I hate pollution as much as the next guy and think anything we can do to keep our air, streams/rivers and land clean is a good thing. =)
-Joel