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Conservatives' self -serve
offer full serve to big oil
11
Column
Gerard Creces
This past week, our
Conservative govern-
ment made another
startling decision on behalf
of big oil - removing protec-
tion of humpback whales
and their traditional habitat
along the BC coast. The
recovering species would
find itself further down the
protection list, leaving their
habitat open for pipeline
development.
It's sickening.
The Navigable Waters Act
opened this door a couple
years back, reducing mil-
lions of lakes, rivers and
wetlands to just 32 protected
bodies of water.
Again, big oil stood to ben-
efit from this almost solely.
The Conservatives are
bent on pipelines, shipping
out little pieces of Canada
without recognizing its true
value.
We had no choice in the
matter. This majority gov-
ernment is selfish, arrogant
and ignorant. They have no
sense of conservation - of
actually being conservative.
Wholesaling natural
resources that could be
developed, controlled and
refined in Canada in a safe
and responsible way boggles
the mind. They are giving
away jobs, profit and secu-
rity that could have gone to
Canadians such as you and
I.
We have seen all of this
coming. Removing environ-
mental protection for bodies
of water, getting rid of scien-
tific materials, closing
libraries, demonizing envi-
ronmentalists, and getting
rid of census data - these are
all moves to keep the public
ignorant and have all been
done under the current
administration.
Isn't being conservative
about trying to retain our
values, keep what works and
slowly improve what
doesn't? It's not about get-
ting rid of barriers that were
put in place to conserve
what we hold dear. It's not
about telling regular folks
what they want or that they
are wrong to disagree.
Where is the care and con-
sideration inherent in con-
servation itself?
It's gone - the needs of
many superseded by the
greed of a small few.
I can't believe I find myself
saying this but they need to
be punished.
I've said this before, but in
Huron County folks are true
conservatives - we take care
to keep our traditions alive
while making sure we leave
a better, cleaner place for
those to come after us. We
see value in past and
present.
That said, we are also true
socialists - we take care of
each other, volunteer our
time for the betterment of
our communities and make
sure our resources benefit
not only ourselves but those
around us. We see value in
sharing and equality.
The two are not mutually
exclusive, regardless of what
hard line, ignorant hacks
will tell you.
Using narrow definitions
like left and right only give
the ignorant a chance to gal-
vanize their already biased
agendas.
Our federal landscape is
an embarrassment to both
socialists and conservatives.
Consider veterans and sen-
iors. Our MPs are quick to
hand out cheques for com-
memorative plaques and
programs but are complicit
in allowing pensions and
long-term care to dwindle to
pointlessness. They spend
money on veneer even as
the wood is rotting away and
tell us things have never
been better.
I don't think people are
falling for that garbage any-
more, and thanks to social
media and instant commu-
nication, folks are more
aware than ever of inepti-
tude and bad policy.
Case and point - the Fair
Elections Act is becoming
more and more of an embar-
rassment for Canada and
Conservative MPs become
less and less credible for
supporting such nonsense.
We have to figure out a way
to stand up for ourselves
outside of the polling
station.
Be sure to follow parlia-
mentary voting records on
the government web site (gc.
ca). I sincerely ask anyone
reading this to punish any-
one who supports this bill by
voting for someone, anyone
else.
Canada is not a land
reserved for big oil.
Canada is not a land of
selfishness.
Canada is not a land of
bravado and ignorance.
Let's get back to our roots
as conservative socialists
and start taking care of our
land and our people and
build our self-respect back
up one careful step at a time.
To paraphrase Johnny
Cash: Sooner or later, God's
gonna cut them down.
get it
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