No, I don’t. My take on the greens isn’t about them winning a majority, but about them trying to rebuild their party after suffering numerous years of eroding support. At a time when an eco-oriented platform would’ve been persuasive to more voters, the green party imploded with DEI stupidity. It still hasn’t recovered, and in my view likely never will.
A practical approach to eco issues, like I’d advocate them to take, isn’t the same as a what a typical ‘green’ approach was 50 years ago. Back then, they could pretend like the world was going to get together and try and to ‘stop’ climate change. Now, it’s practically a given that the environment is going to get worse – Trump’s presidency, and the roll back of eco protections we’re seeing in the states / globally, means that Canada taking onerous austerity like steps to try and limit our country’s footprint is misguided. A government party that puts forward costed, practical and broad-stroke plans to mitigate the impact of climate change will find favour amongst a subset of the population. And at this point, that also means developing things “in house” more, as international politics is increasingly volatile, and likely to continue on that trend in part because of climate change related issues (resources becoming more scarce).
The green party isn’t really viewed, from what I can tell at least, as an eco-friendly / sustainability oriented party anymore – hell, they can’t even sustain their own leadership structure / renew it with a new generation, they just keep falling back to May. If a company were so poorly managed that the CEO kept having to come out of retirement to try and fix things, you wouldn’t put much faith in that company’s ability to function long term. It’s also a condemnation of May’s leadership ability, in that she’s failed to get a successor for so long.
You vastly underestimate how many Canadians do not give a fuck about the environment. In this country, you elected elected bonding with pickup owners.
The oil lobby has strong propaganda. Even when Albertans ardently support the industry they later get laid off by automation.
Oil is not culture. It’s just an energy source we need to stop using when we have solar.
No, I don’t. My take on the greens isn’t about them winning a majority, but about them trying to rebuild their party after suffering numerous years of eroding support. At a time when an eco-oriented platform would’ve been persuasive to more voters, the green party imploded with DEI stupidity. It still hasn’t recovered, and in my view likely never will.
A practical approach to eco issues, like I’d advocate them to take, isn’t the same as a what a typical ‘green’ approach was 50 years ago. Back then, they could pretend like the world was going to get together and try and to ‘stop’ climate change. Now, it’s practically a given that the environment is going to get worse – Trump’s presidency, and the roll back of eco protections we’re seeing in the states / globally, means that Canada taking onerous austerity like steps to try and limit our country’s footprint is misguided. A government party that puts forward costed, practical and broad-stroke plans to mitigate the impact of climate change will find favour amongst a subset of the population. And at this point, that also means developing things “in house” more, as international politics is increasingly volatile, and likely to continue on that trend in part because of climate change related issues (resources becoming more scarce).
The green party isn’t really viewed, from what I can tell at least, as an eco-friendly / sustainability oriented party anymore – hell, they can’t even sustain their own leadership structure / renew it with a new generation, they just keep falling back to May. If a company were so poorly managed that the CEO kept having to come out of retirement to try and fix things, you wouldn’t put much faith in that company’s ability to function long term. It’s also a condemnation of May’s leadership ability, in that she’s failed to get a successor for so long.