It's Not Easy - Part II

The crowd attending the launch of the Ontario Green Party Climate Plan at the Chelsea Hotel, Thursday, October 28, 2021

Now that the embargo's lifted, and my masked face has been shown on LinkedIn as being a part of it, I can talk about the Green Party of Ontario Climate Plan.

The plan is a rare example of public policy unencumbered by politics, so the plan is clear on what it will cost. $65 billion.

Talking with Steve Paiken from TV Ontario - the only media outlet to cover the release of the plan - Mike Schriener and Dianne Saxe admitted it would be hard to get elected on such a platform. They're hoping that the party that does come into power might steal their ideas. 

I helped with the plan. I did research to ground truth some of the policy proposals. I suggested that the plan not only needed to talk about its cost, but had to have some idea about where the money would come from. I edited an early draft. 

If any of the major news outlets take a look at the plan, I predict that they will denounce the plan as unrealistic and pathetic in its political naiveté, but they will also grudgingly acknowledge that, but for the political impracticality, the plan is necessary.

Think about that for a second.

We're over disputing that climate change exists, we're even more or less in agreement on what needs to be done. We just can't do it because the way we govern ourselves disallows taking the action we need.

Sheesh.

Thanks for reading!

Happy Hallowe'en!

Karen

Braced for the future:
In between shoulder surgeries
Dianne Saxe campaigns 
for a seat in University/Rosedale.