Re: 鈥淐limate-change strategy offers Scheer a way to win,鈥� column, 鈥淪almon researchers seek funds for expanded expedition in 2020,鈥� May 19.
I was struck by what I saw as a contrast between these two pieces: Gwyn Morgan鈥檚 blatantly political partisan presentation versus the description of an international research collaboration to learn more about Pacific salmon. The latter could provide much-needed information about the lifespan and viability of this fishery resource.
I do not dispute that the fossil-fuel industry is not going to go away soon, nor that more pipelines are going to be built, but I do not accept Morgan鈥檚 premise that, because sa国际传媒鈥檚 contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is so small, we should do nothing about it beyond preparing for the apparently inevitable flooding and other disasters related to climate change. I would far rather see us do what we can both to reduce emissions and to promote international collaboration to extend the reductions toward effective levels.
I am also not going to defend the plan put forward by the federal Liberal Party, as I do not have the 鈥渇acts鈥� that support it. At the same time, I cannot even compare the strategies of the political parties, since the Conservative plan is 鈥渟till coming.鈥�
I wish that our elections and governance were not so entangled with gamesmanship and moved toward a more collaborative, consensual interaction, which, in my view, is what a representative democratic government, such as sa国际传媒鈥檚, should be.
I use the quotation marks around 鈥渇acts鈥� because I do not have access to their verification, being an ordinary citizen reading the newspaper and viewing news on television.
Robert MacLachlan
Colwood
