CLIMATE CHANGE & THE PROVINCIAL ELECTION

It has been suggested that currently there is but one environmental issue and that is climate change, global warming or whatever you wish to call it. Today's Waterloo Region Record has a story by Luisa D'Amato titled "Greens are the only party talking about climate change". This story is indeed an eye opener. While it is somewhat focused on Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner and his Guelph campaign nevertheless the message is clear. The other three bigger parties are not discussing this urgent global problem and what to do about it. The Greens are and they have policies and strategies to go about it. Some of these will not be inherently popular as they require sacrifice and buy-in from the public. They are however necessary and eventually all the other parties will be proposing the same thing. The key is starting now to solve the problem, not when it's too late.