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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Climate change is very low on my list of priorities of what I look at in a provincial government. Everybody recycles now. Everyone is mindful not to waste. Plants are being held to ever increasing stringent regulations. This province has many, many, larger issues and fish to fry and a few party members opinion of climate change is totally irrelevant in the big picture. People basing their votes on nonsense like this are what ruins it for everyone that has mouths to feed. You are free to vote as you please but if your criteria for electing a party is based on a party member's Facebook post you are as much an idiot as he is.
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I assume you are referring to climate change denial, which is as much an issue for me in a leader as is fixing an economy and creating jobs.
Just because I put things in a blue box and separate my garbage does not mean that the environmental concerns are mitigated or solved. That's just paying lip service to being a responsible neighbor. There are far more environmental issues at stake.
The thing that pissed me off most about Harper's conservatives was the defunding of scientific programs and the muzzling of scientists. That might not seem like a big deal to some, but on principle I can't support anyone who refuses to use STEM as the core principle in their decision making and vision for this country. It's a non-starter, simply because those mindsets drive where funding (or lack of funding) actually goes from a public purse perspective.
It's all about where your priorities lay.