Tell me OF, have you even been to the "outhouse"? A person of your background combined with years of wisdom, could not make such an idiotic statement. Perhaps you're trolling. If not, this would be the classic, arrogant BS that comes from your part of Canada (Quebec, isn't it?). La Belle Province of hypocrisy and corruption. How is it that you stand at those fuel pumps filling your car with Saudi/Nigerian/Venezuelan "tar" brought up the St. Lawrence, and then turn up your nose at western Canadians, and their "outhouse". The hypocrisy of these enviro priests and their green religion cult like hysterics are becoming nothing but bad theatrics. And financial destruction. The only message I pick up from these elitists is, "do as I say, not as I do".Old fella wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:43 pm Ah, the environment and climate...... what is refreshing to see is the generational change as to what we did( to numerous to mention)the many years back. I applaud this generation in recognizing the continued ongoing damage and more to the point , demanding concrete action. Their voices will get much stronger as my crowd dies off- probably not soon enough. My fearless prediction is when my grandkids finish their working lives in 60+ years the biggest issue and expense will be cleaning up the Alberta oil/tar sands outhouse.
However, I gotta hand it to "your generation" for the mark you folks left on our earth. You bred like rabbits, which brilliantly created an expanding economy. All those rabbits needed houses. Your lil' ten thousand dollar shacks became million dollar shacks. You rode that employment magic carpet all the way to the top. Fat bonuses, unsustainable corporate pensions, and guaranteed single employer through your working years. You think SUVs are terrible, but you bought cars that could qualify as small ships. You created a standard that didn't measure a nations progress by ingenuity and productivity, but rather, CONSUMPTION. Or would greed be a better word? You pillaged the oceans, scorched the land mass, and poisoned the atmosphere. You wanted it all, so you elected political parties that bought you off. Social programs galore. If it felt good, it must be right. Billions upon billions, financed with debt. Generations now addicted to both personal and government spending, thanks to the greed of yours. Since you mentioned your grandchildren, how do feel about them paying off your bills? Perhaps your estate can ease the guilt.
Am I correct in assuming those years you spent at "The Regulator" left you with a comfortable pension? Unfortunately, for most in the private sector, Defined Benefit is something that disappeared with the dinosaur. Perhaps you had the foresight to see this when you were offered the civil servant position. Congrats. You played it well. However, I find it a little rich when the generation that has been most destructive to our environment, now comfortable in their high places, start getting real saintlike, wagging their crooked little fingers, and braying concern about younger generations. Get over yourselves.
I worked in that "outhouse". I'm thankful for it. I'm no keyboard jockey sitting in some cubicle. I don't spend 8 hours shoving "policy" around a desk. I don't destroy ambition and innovation by being an instrument of bureaucracy. And I'm not entitled to a defined benefit pension. That's ok. But it does mean working in the BITUMAN deposits of Alberta. It provides an income for daily expenses, and small additions to something that resembles a pension. I do it with a clear conscience, knowing my "sins" are contributing less than 2 percent of global emissions.
It's disgusting to listen to elitists babble on with their greeny bullshit, as they watch tankers float by (on waters not affected by a tanker ban), and lecture Albertans about being in "denial". If you're sooo convinced, grow a set and start protesting where the real abusers are, instead of directing your self absorbed, pretentious, narcissist, ignorant fake science at the easy target in western Canada.