Mike's Daily Comment

Green/BCNDP Alliance Says No To Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Jobs and Tax Revenue

The Greens and NDP are opposing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and with it – $46.7 billion in government revenues, 800,000 person year of employment along with the Alberta NDP’s re-election chance while sinking Rachel Notely’s Climate Change Plan. 

 

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Nothing Short of Revolutionary

A new report by Thinkex predicts that ride sharing electric cars will save the average family $7,000. a year. And that is not all, Michael lists out the other revolutionary changes due our society in just the next dozen years.

 

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Honoring Our Financial Pledge

The US is paying 70% of the bill for Nato, and in a recent meeting with Angela Merkel Trump presented her with a bill for 375 Billion in overdue Nato spending on Germany’s behalf. Canada is near the bottom in honoring its own pledge, and there will be repercussions 

 

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Should US Money Be Allowed to Influence CDN Elections?

 Lead Now, a US environmental organization opposed to Canadian Pipelines openly states it helped defeat 25 Conservative incumbents in the last election. While the US built 19,000 K of pipelines big money Environmental groups financed campaigns aimed at stopping pipelines in Canada. 10 US funded organizations…..

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Is Cancelling Kinder Morgan the Best way to reduce emissions.

3 ten thousandths of one percent is a number so small that most of us can’t comprehend it. Yet that how much global emissions would fall if the Trans Mountain pipeline is cancelled. Are there more effective ways to cancel emissions – the evidence suggests the answer is yes. 

….also from Michael: The Cynicism Towards Politicians

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