WHAT A WASTE!

 

WHAT A WASTE!

Here in Canada 26% of our landmass is tundra comprising  over  2 million and six hundred thousand Km2.

A lot of people are not aware that with global overheating our permafrost here in Canada is melting at an alarming rate releasing methane gas which is 30-40

 times more potent in trapping the heat from the sun than carbon dioxide.

The warmer climate could drastically change the landscape and determine who can live there,  and what species of plants and animals will be able to live

 there. For example, the growth of new shrubs might crowd out lichen, an important food source for caribou.

As the tundra warms we will see an increase of wildfires and droughts.   

As  the tundra continues to melt  scientists are extremely worried  about the  release of ancient bacteria of which we have no immunity  and other organisms

 which have been trapped in the tundra for millions of years.

In Siberia’s scientists were shocked to discover the death of a boy and the hospitalization of others was due to exposure  to anthrax.

Their worst fears were confirmed when it was discovered the anthrax had been released into the atmosphere from the melting tundra.

So the question that begs to be answered: what concrete actions  have been undertaken by our Premier in the second  largest Province in Canada?

When  Mr. Ford took over the reins of power we had a very successful Cap and Trade initiative  with California. 

It not only brought down GHG's responsible for  global overheating but between  1-2 billion  dollars resdily flowed into the Ontario's  coffers each and every

 year. 

So let me do the math. Hmmm- that adds up to between 7-14 billion dollars in the last 7 years!  

I am thinking that with those extra billions of dollars, we should have  been able to solve most of the critical needs in healthcare, housing, education,

 infrastructure,  homelessness, transportation and illicit drugs. 

As well,  a huge percentage of these funds could have been used to reduce greenhouse gases even further by subsidizing the purchase of electric cars, and

 erecting more solar panels and wind turbines. 

 Lo and behold, once Ford killed the cap and trade, we had no choice but to administer the Carbon Tax program enacted by the Federal  government. 

Both initiatives worked to reduce GHGs. 

 Even though Canada will be faced with the worst catastrophic impacts of global overheating, Ford decided to act on behalf of all residents of  Ontario by

 suing the Federal government.

When we lost in court, another 3O million dollars of taxpayers' hard earned money disappeared from Ontario’s coffers! 

Then he cost taxpayers another  around 100 million dollars when he slashed the White Pines Wind Project.

Then just recently he decided that all the residents of Ontario deserved a cheque of $200.  

So who exactly received this money which increased our debt by over 3 billion! 

I assumed it would be sent to only  people who truy needed  it  to help make  ends meet. 

You can imagine my shock and dismay  when I discovered billionaires such as David Thomson with a net worth of 41.8 billion, Tobi Lutke with a net worth of

 9.8 billion got a cheque for $200 while many, many  homeless people with a net worth of nothing got NOTHING! 

So by sending out  tax payers' hard earned  money to countless  people who did not need it Mr. Ford increased our debt load by another 3 billion dollars! 

Then his very last gigantic waste of taxpayers dollars happened on the day he called an early election which will cost taxpayers  around 175 million dollars. 

I cannot  think of a single Premier of Ontario who has wasted more of taxpayers than Mr. Doug Ford!