Notwithstanding the moral and common sense failings of the oil sands industry, even the economic management of this resource is a failure. A common sense alternative is to slow development and to create a strong Heritage/Sovereign fund, as a method of counterbalancing inflation, and saving for economic priorities. But these alternatives are not accepted because they don’t fit into the Harper government’s rationale for resource exploitation. The failure of the Harper regime’s dogma to address real world problems is, in turn, leading to more bullying, secrecy, and anti-democratic practices to counter the growing opposition. Instead of embracing better alternatives, the government continues down the same failing path. As the insular logic of unfettered capitalism continues to clash with the logic of the real world, our government remains willfully blind to the lessons of history and science. The current government’s penchant for suppressing and ignoring these lessons is not serving us well. Troy Media columnist Mark Taliano is a writer, activist, and retired teacher.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:53:58 +0000
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