David Suzuki comments equating oil industry to slavery ridiculous: Brad Wall
David Suzuki commented on Canada’s economy and greenhouse gas emissions
David Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist.
REGINA _ Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says remarks by environmentalist David Suzuki equating the oil industry to slavery are “ridiculous.”
Suzuki was responding to Wall’s position that Canada needs to consider the economy when talking about reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Suzuki said in an interview Monday on SiriusXM’s “Everything is Political” with Evan Solomon that people in the southern Unites States argued in the 19th century that to eliminate slavery would destroy their economy.
The premier says comments equating the oil industry to slavery might hurt the arguments against the energy sector because they’re so ridiculous.
He says people might be more interested in what the energy sector is doing in terms of employing Canadians and being more diligent about the environment.
Wall says people want politicians to take action on climate change, but to remember that the economy and jobs also need to be considered.
The Canadian Press
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Suzuki did NOT equate the fossil fuel industry to slavery. He was using a simply analogy, of which there are many examples, where we are hesitant and reticent of change, even though the future consequences can be dire or disastrous. For the sake of our and future generations, we cannot continue to place dollars, profits and the economy over the care and stewardship of Mother Earth. And, we seldom hear in the press that the green economy will provide many more jobs than the entire fossil fuel industry.