Plastics threaten ecosystems and human health, but evidence‑based solutions are under political fire
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This is a great article from Dalhousie University.
Justin Trudeau tried to reduce the use of single use plastics. He faced enormous political backlash. Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party, campaigned on defending plastics:
Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to scrap the federal government’s ban on single use plastics and bring back plastic straws and disposable grocery bags.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Poilievre claimed that the federal Plastics ban was inflicting financial pain on Canadian families
Evidence‑based solutions are indeed under political fire.
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This is a great article from Dalhousie University.
Justin Trudeau tried to reduce the use of single use plastics. He faced enormous political backlash. Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party, campaigned on defending plastics:
Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to scrap the federal government’s ban on single use plastics and bring back plastic straws and disposable grocery bags.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Poilievre claimed that the federal Plastics ban was inflicting financial pain on Canadian families
Evidence‑based solutions are indeed under political fire.
These assholes’ calculus somehow adds up to: financial pain > lasting physical harm and death.
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These assholes’ calculus somehow adds up to: financial pain > lasting physical harm and death.
Minor financial pain now loses more votes in the next election than physical harm and death sometime after that election, I believe is the actual calculus.
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These assholes’ calculus somehow adds up to: financial pain > lasting physical harm and death.
$$$ > everything
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$$$ > everything
I can spend it when I’m dead! I CAN spend it when I’m dead. I CAN SPEND IT WHEN I’M DEAD!!!
