Canadian's Unite

Today as I enjoy the celebrations of Canada's one hundred and forty first birthday, I feel compelled to start my own blog post with the goal of bringing as many Canadians as possible to the discussion of the environment. The majority of Canadians agree that the single most challenging crisis facing Canadians today is solving the climate change issues while maintaining our economic prosperity. While many Canadians believe that any plan that disrupts or hinders the energy sector is bad for Canada's economy, many more Canadians including myself feel that this strengthens the argument that we need to do something immediately to avoid this imminent future. Canadians needs more options to the economy than just oil and gas and mining, we need to begin with the mass manufacturing and sales of electric cars and trucks, home based small wind generators, we need to have most homes with giant solar panels on their roofs, and office buildings with green roofs, and more rain collection technology. What needs to happen most of all is that CANADIAN'S NEED TO UNITE regarding this cause, thus ensuring our children have a secure economic future. Here in British Columbia we were given a cheque of a hundred dollars per person, to help with the new provincial carbon tax, we were encourage to spend the money on energy efficient items i.e. energy saver bulbs or to put the money toward buying a smaller car ect., when I tell my neighbours and co-workers that I spent the money on a new electric lawnmower, everybody applauds the effort and it will save me from buying at least a hundred dollars in gas per year for my old mower, let alone the emissions. I have found people want to do the right things for the environment, they just need a little encouragement. I commend the Liberals both provincially and Federally for having the leadership to bring this truly important issue to the forefront of discussion with Canadians. As for the Honourable Stephane Dion's "Green Shift Plan" this is very well thought out, a new study released June, 2008 shows the relationship between the higher income earners and their carbon footprint and the carbon footprint of lower income earners. The following link shows this study: www.GrowingGap.ca
One amazing statistic is that canada's ecological footprint is the third largest in the world, and if the highest emitters are shown to be the highest income earners, than this new "Green Shift Plan" hits a home run by enabling and encouraging the lower income earners to make changes through tax shifting and incentives. I strongly believe that Canadians need to unite and discuss this
"Green Shift Plan" and the importance of dealing with these issues sooner rather than later. We as Canadians should not leave it to a small group of people or politicians to get the message out, we all need to play a part in making Canada and the world a better place to live in.
Frankly Canadian