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Massive Quasars wrote:It isn't racist, it's inefficient and mutually harmful.

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:Do you think the environment is an important issue?

shadd_ wrote:

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:Do you think the environment is an important issue?

this is a pretty broad/vague question. what area of the environment are you most interested in? air, water, soil, deforestation, clear cuts...it's a pretty big list. solutions to each are going to be extremely different from one to the other.

where should the country start?

GONNAFISTYA wrote:
I think the best place to start is to not elect someone who wants to turn your blue sky black in pursuit of profit.

shadd_ wrote:

GONNAFISTYA wrote:
I think the best place to start is to not elect someone who wants to turn your blue sky black in pursuit of profit.

no doubt. harper will not be getting my vote.

i just wanted to see what puff had to say. if he was genuinely interested in the environment or just the current media craze. i'm not convinced that global warming(man made)really exists or we are just continuing to experience the warming trend and glacial retreats that started 10,000 years ago.

antartica is growing. whats up with that?

A group of Canadian scientists signed another open letter on Thursday, calling on political parties to end to what they see as the "politicization" and "mistreatment" of science.

The letter, signed by 85 scientists in the health, environment and technology fields, focuses particularly on a number of incidents involving the federal Conservative party, including the closure of the office of the National Science Adviser, the firing of the head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and what it calls "political appointments" to the board of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada.

"While science is not the only factor to be considered in political decision-making, ignoring and subverting science and scientific processes is unacceptable," the scientists write.

"In light of these concerns, we are calling on all political leaders to articulate how they will work to improve Canada's track record with respect to the treatment of science and related due processes."

It's the second open letter from scientists published in the last week that has been critical of the actions of the federal Conservative party.

On Tuesday, 120 of Canada's top climate scientists signed an open letter criticizing the government and urging Canadians to vote "strategically" for the environment in next week's federal election....

..."I strongly oppose the distortion of scientific evidence as has been the policy of the current federal government, and we can no longer stand idle while ideology trumps scientific proof," said St. Michael's Hospital research scientist Dr. Stephen Hwang in a statement.

shadd_ wrote:

GONNAFISTYA wrote:
I think the best place to start is to not elect someone who wants to turn your blue sky black in pursuit of profit.

no doubt. harper will not be getting my vote.

i just wanted to see what puff had to say. if he was genuinely interested in the environment or just the current media craze. i'm not convinced that global warming(man made)really exists or we are just continuing to experience the warming trend and glacial retreats that started 10,000 years ago.

antartica is growing. whats up with that?

werldhed wrote:

shadd_ wrote:
i just wanted to see what puff had to say. if he was genuinely interested in the environment or just the current media craze. i'm not convinced that global warming(man made)really exists or we are just continuing to experience the warming trend and glacial retreats that started 10,000 years ago.

antartica is growing. whats up with that?

You're biting at the media's catchphrases. Most credible scientists refer to the phenomena as climate change, not warming. "Global warming" is what lets critics immediately dismiss discussion with arguments about how cold it was at their house last week.

The Conservatives' previous copyright-reform legislation, Bill C-61, which died on the order paper when the election was called, was released in June to a wave of criticism. While a number of organizations that represent copyright holders, such as the Canadian Recording Industry Association and the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, praised the plan, it was roundly criticized as unfair by consumer advocates, artists, privacy watchdogs, education groups and other businesses.

The legislation proposed hefty fines for people caught downloading copyrighted materials but also made it illegal for consumers to work around locks — known as digital rights management — placed on media.