Alas, everyone is recognizing what we once knew, advancement and innovations bring about a strong growing economy. Once knew, that left the U.S. when we allowed to be conned into a new capitalist ideology some thirty years past of rewarding the top for bottom line economics and virtually nothing else, just look at the ever growing number of huge product recalls and injuries and deaths from faulty corporate practices, while not sharing in the fruits of the labor of the once innovative workers.
April 14, 2011 - In the English-language leadership debate, we heard a lot of talk about the economy, but a deafening silence about the environment and where our energy policies are leading us.
Now we're halfway through the election, we need to hear political leaders clearly outline how they will help Canada become a global leader in the future economy — through investments in green energy. Failure to do this, or offer a vision for Canada to get back in the lucrative race to develop technology and harness more renewable sources of energy, will only leave our country further behind — and coughing in a cloud of emissions.
And we are behind. Data from a recent study shows that U.S. and China spent the equivalent of about $360 and $187 per capita respectively in climate-change-related infrastructure projects in 2009, while Canada only invested $87 per capita. Canada’s failure to match U.S. clean energy investments in recent years has cost our country 66,000 jobs.
Our failure to harness opportunities to make Canada a leader in the green economy is endangering our economic future. Furthermore, this appears to be happening against the will of Canadians, 83 per cent of whom support investments in green jobs, according to recent polls. {continued}
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