David Suzuki on the new ‘New Deal’
The National Post recently asked Dr. David Suzuki and a number of other prominent Canadians to share their thoughts on how Canada could create a new New Deal. Here’s David’s contribution:
It’s time to put an end to the false dichotomy between environment and economy. A healthy environment and a healthy economy go hand in hand. We need a green stimulus package for the budget.
Any government spending to stimulate the economy should come with green strings attached. Bailouts to flagging industries? Conditional on them putting more R&D into energy-efficient products. Infrastructure spending? Make sure it goes to things such as public transit and retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency…
Read the rest HERE.
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Morgan // February 9, 2009 at 6:57 am
When the U.S. dropped out of Kyoto I thought it would be a financial winfall for Canada. I pictured Canada being 8-10 years ahead in carbon-reducing eco-happy technology… because of course we would impliment the Kyoto measures.
8 years have passed. I can see that Canada is developing Green technologies and businesses. But I don’t see the utter dominance that should have happened.
Can we blame David Suzuki? Based on the idea that “we thought he’d have solved this by now”?