The economic engine of this country is oil. Love it or hate it, it is a fact. We need it to heat our homes (especially in this country of never ending winters), to run our vehicles, to make plastics of which so much of our every day lives depend on (including our beloved I-Phones). During these times of economic difficulties, oil supports the whole country, including Quebec (actually, especially Quebec) and yet Thomas Mulcair--who was elected primarily by Quebec, but is the leader of our federal government's official opposition, the man who wants to be Prime Minister, is trying to destroy Canada's oil sands industry. He is pitting the East against the West, and all for political gain, NOT for the benefit of this country. He is cutting off his nose to spite his face (I know that saying is old and tired, but it still works).
Mr. Mulcair was in Calgary recently telling people there that "the NDP will be a partner with the development of energy resources". But then he goes to Washington and talks out of the other side of his mouth by disparaging our oil industry and our government. The oil industry in Canada has made enormous gains on protecting the environment and/or restoring what they have disturbed, and yet politicians and the mainstream media continually omit that information and greatly exaggerate the harm being done. The oil was in the water up there long before anyone started developing the oil sands. It seeps right out of the ground.
Anyway, enough about Mr. Mulcair. The party he leads though, the NDP, used to represent hard-working Canadians. Now, I'm not sure what they stand for other than encouraging people to rely on the government for everything instead of taking any personal responsibility--oh, and they stand for unions. Unions also used to stand up for hard-working people, but now they seem to be more about politics than standing up for the little guy and use the money of their hard-working members to fund their own political causes without their members' consent.
Then there is our young Mr. Trudeau, soon to be leader of the federal Liberal party. I fear the young people of this country--encouraged (brainwashed, really) by the mainstream media using whatever tactics and lies it deems necessary--will want this man to be Prime Minister in 2016. If any of you are reading this, please do some research. If you are well informed on the issues and still want to vote for him, them so be it. But if you vote for him just because everyone else is, or because you like the way he looks, please think again.
I used to be one of those people that voted without knowing what I was voting for. Once I started paying attention, I was amazed at the hypocracy out there, especially by the mainstream media and Hollywood. These people have so much influence over our lives, much more than we even realize. The rich and famous like to preach to us without practicing what they preach. David Suzuki is one of those rich and famous who does very little practicing what he preaches, who flies all over the world to his various homes (Toronto, Australia, and three in BC). What kind or carbon footprint is he leaving? Then he tells us to conserve--conserve you little peons.
Environmental conservatism--which, without the lies and hypocracy, is a good thing--is definitley on the rise while political and/or fiscal conservatism seems to be going by the wayside these days. When I talk to people and find out what they agree with and what they disagree with, their views are usually much more conservative then they even realize. The media hates conservatism, they portray anyone with "old fashioned" moral values as mean, greedy and bad. It simply isn't true.
Please, please inform yourselves. Our way of life depends on it. I cannot stress that enough.
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