James Bowie on John Godfrey
According to James Bowie, whose blog I've just stumbled across, John Godfrey is planning on running for the Liberal leadership. I can't say that it really surprises me; he's seems to have been grooming himself for it for the last I dunno 15 years or so. The post is full of the usual fawning statements we get from the truly partisan, but one is truly noteworthy:
Besides, "sustainable" is a sneaky word to use here - it could mean simply self-sufficient, which obviously Canada is in a good position to be if only it was to expand its manufacturing sector, but the context suggests environmental sustainability is what is intended, and that's a different thing altogether. Canada has a sparse population spread across a very large area, which means that products have to be transported a great distance to market. There is every reason to suppose that Canada would in fact be one of the more difficult nations to make environmentally sustainable.
Can we do better, oh yes. Can we be the most "environmentally sustainable" countries in the world? Not without very major changes to the Canadian economy; and I strongly doubt this is what John Godfrey is suggesting.
So either John Godfrey is spouting slogans and James Bowie has stars in his eyes, or Godfrey is indeed going to revolutionize our economy and industry. You can be the judge, but if the latter is true, there is nothing in his background to suggest it.
Or maybe I'm just splitting hairs to find fault, but I've seen too many in public office say "well, that's not what I actually said" to not pay attention.
Like me, Mr. Godfrey has a strong environmental stance. He said that "Canada should be the most sustainable country in the world." He also remarked that he was impressed with my generation of young Canadians who place environmental issues very high as a priority. In some cases, he was surprised to see that the environment was more important to some youth than sovereignty.What do we get from statements like this? That John Godfrey has a strong sense of urgency about the environment? No, because any politician running for anything is not going to say "screw the whales and the birds". Of course, he's going to say he has a strong environmental stance, because no politician in this country is going to go anywhere without saying it. Except maybe Stephen Harper, but definitely noone outside the Conservative Party.
Besides, "sustainable" is a sneaky word to use here - it could mean simply self-sufficient, which obviously Canada is in a good position to be if only it was to expand its manufacturing sector, but the context suggests environmental sustainability is what is intended, and that's a different thing altogether. Canada has a sparse population spread across a very large area, which means that products have to be transported a great distance to market. There is every reason to suppose that Canada would in fact be one of the more difficult nations to make environmentally sustainable.
Can we do better, oh yes. Can we be the most "environmentally sustainable" countries in the world? Not without very major changes to the Canadian economy; and I strongly doubt this is what John Godfrey is suggesting.
So either John Godfrey is spouting slogans and James Bowie has stars in his eyes, or Godfrey is indeed going to revolutionize our economy and industry. You can be the judge, but if the latter is true, there is nothing in his background to suggest it.
Or maybe I'm just splitting hairs to find fault, but I've seen too many in public office say "well, that's not what I actually said" to not pay attention.
Well, I won't be looking at that blog any more - ye gods, that was a pathetic display of sucking up. Love the picture of himself on the side in the suit - typical little Liberal Youth wanker I used to run into in University, you just know he's run for the Student Council, just to experience the thrill of interferring in students' lives.
Posted by
Dan |
Sun Mar 12, 07:51:00 PM
Thanks for reading dude.
Posted by
James Bowie |
Mon Mar 13, 06:03:00 PM