Letters, July 11: Results of local weather change can't be ignored

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Re: Alberta’s huge surplus additionally advantages Canada; Numbers inform the story of simply how a lot this nation depends on power revenues, Opinion, July 6

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Chris Nelson states that Ottawa desires to destroy the power business and that the top of it “will resonate throughout the nation and trigger huge, long-term financial hardship.” Nelson fails to say that it’s the burning of fossil fuels that’s inflicting the wildfires, droughts and extra excessive climate occasions throughout Canada and the world. Local weather change may be very actual and in our face day-after-day. The “magic cash tree” offered by the power business will not be with out an enormous value: manufacturing of fossil fuels is making the world much less livable.

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So, what can we do? Will we change into paralyzed, blame Ottawa and ignore the truth that the power business is destroying the planet? Or can we rise to the problem, wean ourselves off of fossil fuels and supply reasonably priced greener power to Canadians and the world?

I personally am hopeful that folks involved about local weather change will take motion and make a distinction. Future generations are relying on us to do the best factor.

Cathy Web page, Calgary

Notley’s doing simply nice

Re: NDP’s progress might hinge on a brand new course; Get together wants to melt its detrimental picture and construct up assist in rural Alberta
Calgary Herald, Opinion, July 7

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It’s not accidentally that Rachel Notley is Alberta’s longest-serving MLA. Because the daughter of extremely revered Grant Notley, politics is actually in her DNA.

Not like our present premier who falsely accused Rachel of being within the pockets of Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh, Rachel’s honesty price her the election. She prompt that to beat Alberta’s dependency on unstable power costs, a modest enhance in big-business company taxes was required.

Rachel led her celebration to the most important minority in Alberta’s historical past, knocking off 10 conservative cupboard ministers within the course of. Keep it up, Rachel.

Harry Chase, former MLA Calgary Varsity

Kensington mission undermines reasonably priced housing push

Re: The Kenten is about to vary a landmark nook in Kensington, June 22

I used to be saddened to see {that a} developer is planning to take out 80 rental models to construct 50 “luxurious condominiums” at a time when reasonably priced housing is at a disaster level on this metropolis as confirmed by the article, Rental costs rise within the province, on the entrance web page of the identical day’s version.

This might seem like extremely indicative of why Canada is in a housing disaster.

John Walsh, Calgary