Last Thursday during a trip to Toronto I picked up two publications, one called Canadian Wilderness from CPAWS and one called DE Magazin at the German Consulate. I read both cover to cover, especially since the DE Magazin had a special on sustainability. Well, Germany is pretty good on protecting the environment - even exceded its Kyoto target - and exports its ideas and skills as well. So I am all proud to be German considering the effort Germany puts in to do its share for the future of this planet and the next generations. Surely, this magazine aims to tell the public about the good things that happen in Germany while CPAWS aims to educate people about where there is still a need to take action in order to help the environment, besides pointing out one or the other success the organisation has achieved. So reading the CPAWS paper was rather depressing. The main focus fell on the unfortunate turn in the development of Canada's National Parks, away from putting nature first to implementing more theme-park-like attractions that might attract more people but impact flora and fauna negatively. Sigh, it's simply so wrong - how can the executives at Parks Canada not see that?
Today we received the newsletter from our local (Conservative) MP who did not even mention the word environment in any article, especially not the one about the 2012 Budget. On the comment card that we will return to this MP my husband noted as "issues that most concern you and your family": Protecting the environment. I have little hope though that it will ever sink in with the Conservatives that they are on a path or death and destruction.
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