It’s become a parlour game of sorts over recent years for the Toronto left-wing elite to criticize others over their environmental records. Alberta, especially, has been a target because of its oil sands (the proper term, as opposed to the biased “tar sands”).
The fact of the matter is, though, that the so-called “greenhouse gas emissions” of Toronto by far exceed those of the entire oil sand production in Alberta (which still accounts only for a very tiny fraction of national emissions, and for an even tinier fraction on a global scale).
Albertans also get to enjoy drinking water of superb quality, while Toronto tap water comes loaded with germs and even antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
In Alberta, people can take deep breaths of fresh air, while in Toronto, Hamilton and many other parts of Ontario, doing so can induce a nasty asthma attack in many people.
Now, we must also add radioactivity to the picture. The nuclear power plant in Pickering has leaked well over 70,000 litres of radioactive water into Lake Ontario (which has been a cesspool for decades – Alberta doesn’t have any body of water as dirty and contaminated as Lake Ontario; even tailings ponds are cleaner than the water in Lake Ontario). The leak started on Monday, but it took authorities until Wednesday to inform the public.
Given the secrecy involved here, people certainly have the right to suspect that the leak may be much worse than indicated in the official version.
Time for the Toronto elite to start pointing fingers at itself for a change.
Toronto is working to improve. The water quality of the great lakes has significantly improved in recent decades. If Alberta had a large industrial base and was next to an even larger American industrial base no doubt its water and air quality would suffer.
Alberta is working to make things worse by expanding polluting industries, rather then reducing them, like Ontario.
Per capita, I’m sure Toronto’s carbon dioxide emissions are lower then Alberta.
That is a lie, because in Alberta nature is not getting worse. In fact, extracting oil from the oil sands is an environmental clean-up project.
No, Toronto’s emissions are much, much higher than anything Western Canada has to offer. Don’t forget: all major roads and highways in Toronto are now round-the-clock parking lots. The emissions are astronomical! (In fact, Toronto’s gridlock is now officially worse than Los Angeles, and that should tell you something!)