The two largest parties in our provincial election are willing to see us contribute to our climate miseries rather than forgo the easy revenues and corporate support of the present economy.
Instead of promoting our eventual destruction, it would be better that our politicians work to replace the present economy with one in harmony with the needs of a supportive environment. Very little is being done in this regard when it is so obvious that urgent and drastic measures must be taken to dismantle the present ways of operating our civilization.
The only one in the Legislature to state this need is the BC Green Party with the leadership of Sonia Furstenau.
Much money can be saved in the long run, and civil society collapse longer averted if we stop allowing fossil fuel-derived pollutants to ruin our health and climate chaos to reduce or destroy our harvests and introduce new diseases to the area.
This seems to take more courage and long-term perspectives than our quick-fix faith in technology encourages. Fortunately, there are some with deeper wisdom, most obviously ensconced amongst the Greens, and where there is hope that a change of course may be initiated.
If the election results from Oct. 19 are close enough for the Greens to hold "the balance of responsibility”, as Adam Olsen puts it, there is a chance of finally getting better than the misdirection, window dressing, and hypocrisy we are presently subjected to, and educating more of the population so that we can make a difference for a less miserable future.
To do that we have to stop this ineffective “strategic voting” and mark our ballots for what we know is essential for a bearable life for the younger and as yet unborn amongst our own and many other species we value and need.
Glynne Evans
Saanich
