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Originally Posted by Firebot
Anything else we need to debunk again?
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What have you debunked? What exactly do you think you have said that is insightful?
You can't even read what Lewis is saying and summarize it objectively. He said (from what you quoted):
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I don’t agree with the narrative of jobs against the environment. I think that whole framing was created by the fossil fuel industry to delay and derail climate action.
I do think there are lots of workers in the oilpatch and in other fossil fuel regions of our country who didn’t choose to live in places where that was the main industry. I have always believed passionately that those workers cannot pay the price for getting off fossil fuels, which is just a hard reality of our world.
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You took that and turned it into:
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Why are you trying to defend him on something he has been extremely vocal about wanting to eliminate? He's literally pitying workers for not choosing to live in places like Alberta. Who the heck talks like that?
And this is also disproportionally directed at oil producing provinces. Folks in Vancouver or Toronto aren't going to see an impact.
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But you are just making #### up even as you quoted him. He said that Albertans shouldn't suffer as a part of an energy transition off of fossil fuels. That is a valid sentiment. Most Albertans over the last ... 50 years? Have been talking about the need for industry diversification so that when the oil industry finally ends that our entire province does not turn into one of those ghost towns where the local factory closes and everyone has to leave. That is not a comment about pity, that is a comment about having a strong transition strategy to protect the people.
Also, you did the same thing to me in your last post. I said "he should put climate on the backburner" and you quoted my exact words and then ignored them and rambled off about your hate for the guy and tried to point out how I am not paying attention.
However, I am paying attention and I commented that he should prioritize the other 7 issues that the pollsters are saying are above Climate on the list. Based on the clips I am seeing/reading, he is trying to prioritize people and jobs even if he is keeping climate in his talking points.
He also hammers on electoral reform a lot and I think that is a huge issue that Canada needs to address, even though it doesn't directly tie to labour.