Doug Ford's SUV
Trump trucks seen somewhere in America
Doug Ford should not be premier of Ontario.
Doug Ford would wipe out 65,000 modern high tech jobs
THERE’S NO REASON FOR THIS. HE’S JUST UNEDUCATED & NARROW-MINDED
Doug Ford of the Ontario PCs is NOT a smart economic manager –He says he would end the Ontario/Quebec/California polluter-pays cap and trade program and anything else related to 65,000 modern high tech jobs in the $8 billion clean tech industry (3,000+ companies) in Ontario. One quarter of the province’s clean tech jobs are held by Ontarians aged 30 or younger. Jobs in the sector grow at about 7% per year compared with widespread job decline in oil and gas all over the world.
Cap and trade is based on the principal that the polluter pays for the cleanup. This allows the economy to move gradually into clean energy, without placing the burden on taxpayers who contribute less than these big industries to the climate change problem. It creates a progressive, modern economy and healthy planet where our children don’t get sick just from breathing the air and drinking the water.
The 65,000 people in Ontario who work in clean energy jobs, compares to about 1500 who work in oil & gas. Clean tech adds to our job skills, expertise and builds our worldwide brand in a new industry that is projected to double in size in the next decade or two. You think the rust belt in the US has problems, if we opt out of the fastest growing industries just so that the Tories Trump-voter-like core can feel better about its inability to change with the times, we are supporting horrible economic managers; not smart ones.
When Al Gore was in Toronto recently he said that when he travels and make speeches around the world, he points to Ontario as a place that has got the modern economy figured out and is doing it right.
73% Want Wind & Solar
PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS TAKE NOTE
According to Gallup, in the last three years more and more American voters have stated that they prefer the healthier world offered by wind and solar power.“Asked to choose between an emphasis on developing alternative energy sources and increased production of fossil fuels, Americans solidly favor the former approach,” said the polling company. “Specifically, 73% of adults prefer an approach that focuses on developing alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power, while 21% favor one that targets production of more oil, gas and coal supplies.” This applies to Republicans as well as Democrats. Although the Republican number is smaller at 51%, it has been steadily growing.
Lawmakers in Washington and state capitals would be unwise to ignore this growing attitude shift, particularly given that the clean energy economy is now doing far more to add to GDP and jobs than gas and coal are doing.
Green living & clean energy 