The enormously funded 40,000 participant Paris extravaganza has climaxed with 195 countries signing the historic Climate Change agreement.
Claiming they have saved the world, the celebration was on and all the justifiers were cheering and congratulating each other.
Canada (
1.6% of world emissions) at a huge waste of our tax dollars, sent a
383-person entourage to the Paris junket, most who have nothing to do with international treaties. More than USA, Australia and UK combined.
Of the $100 billion the UN is promising to the so called developing countries, our generous PM Trudeau has cheerfully promised to give away $2.65 billion tax dollars that we have to borrow.
Those so called developing nations, (including China, India and Russia) in line with their hands out were only too willing to sign the treaty for their piece of the action/cash.
The majority of countries are small non-democratic dictatorships where the money becomes corruptly untraceable and misused, some buy arms and make war on their neighbours.
Besides the symbolism and imagery, exactly what proclamations were to be achieved?
- - They claimed the worlds temperature will be limited to 2 degrees by 2100, (85 years from now). Amazing, we can’t even predict the weather accurately 3 days out. Who among us, never mind politicians who signed on and will be out of office in a few years, will be around to keep score?
- - Most of the fanciful solutions are based on hope n’ change of new innovation technologies that haven’t been invented yet, like nuclear fusion.
- - The agreement is non-binding with no enforceable or penalty provisions.
- - When asked by a reporter if there is anything binding to hold a country like China, the world's biggest polluter to make emission reductions... John Kerry, Obama’s Secretary of State spokesman replied “by virtue of the mandatory transparency mechanism”. In other words by shaming them with negative vibes. Good luck trying to shame China or any other country that is receiving our tax dollar free money.
- - Each Country must report it’s emissions every 5 years. Wow (we already do that). It’s like saying that all NHL teams will be required to make the scores of their games publically available to all other NHL teams. They will be held transparently accountable by broadcasting the scores for all to see.
Quit complaining, Trudeau and gang is doing us a huge favour... so shut up and pay your carbon taxes.
The whole charade should be a Seinfeld episode...”It’s not really a lie, Jerry, if you believe it”.
Roland Seguin
Langley, BC
