Letter of November 15, 2022
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Re: Latest Climate Buzzwords, Letters, Nov 12
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flag flap
Canada’s minister has said Canadians should be cautious about doing business with China and consider geopolitical risks. Oops, the Trudeau government just bought millions of Canadian flag pins from China, even though there was a Canadian manufacturer that could make the pins. That’s why Canadians proudly wear their Chinese made Canadian flag pin.
Marnie Bassing, Calgary
Low emissions but large participants in COP27
Re: Delegates address Northern concerns, perspectives on COP27 climate negotiations. November 14th
Once again, Canada was grossly overrepresented at the UN Climate Conference, sending over 300 ‘environmentally-minded’ delegations. Our population is her 38 million, but he produces only 1.6% of the world’s carbon emissions.
These meetings should be held in places like Regina and Winnipeg in January. This allows delegates to truly recognize the need for reliable energy sources rather than promoting intermittent alternative energy sources. That would really reduce climate change-enthusiastic delegations jumping at the chance to attend, and it would increase hotel occupancy in his January, a sparse tourist season.
As a taxpayer, I don’t appreciate 300 people jetting off to a fancy vacation resort and talking about reducing our carbon footprint.
Jane Steckley, Calgary
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US is always in the ballot box
Re: Democrats retain control of the US Senate.Republican ‘red wave’ hopes dashed, Nov. 14
The United States holds federal elections every two years, much more frequently than most developed democracies. The drawbacks of such frequent elections include voter fatigue, low voter turnout (as low as 25%), and the fact that people in Congress are continuously fundraising and campaigning. increase.
Frequent elections have been argued to make the system more democratic, but when voter participation is low, there is insufficient representation of what voters think and want from their government.
Letter of November 15, 2022
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