The Premier recently had the Lieutenant Governor read the throne speech for his new government session. In it, she said that some unnamed people following a “misguided dogma” with “no basis in reality” needed to be stopped from destroying our economy while they aim to protect our environment.
“They look at those jobs [in oil & gas, coal and uranium] like they are somehow harming the country and the world.” No dark side to those industries whatsoever, right? Place hands firmly over eyes after stuffing ears, please.
It’s an obvious bit of climate change denialism formalized by a government who has then inexplicably spent over $1.5 Billion on carbon capture and sequestration with the guise of reducing climate change causing emissions. Why solve a problem that isn’t real and isn’t somehow harming anyone, right? (Here’s the answer to that rhetorical question.)
After my blog post, a Wall hack contacted me (and nearly anyone who tweeted the Premier about the shocking attack on reality).
https://twitter.com/pjtaillon/status/733667993536749568
christina s. 2016-05-19 00:19:00 -0400
I contacted Premier Wall recently to ask why Saskatchewan continues to advertise drilling for oil and gas while fires rip through the province and I was told that because I use plastic and petroleum I was a hypocrite and deserved ridicule. I’m stunned to know that we have politicians operating at this infantile, ignorant and arrogant level.
If you doubt that claim, check out what Premier Wall’s “professional hack” wrote:
https://twitter.com/pjtaillon/status/734210922915332098
https://twitter.com/pjtaillon/status/734211090985291777
With the country’s Climate Change Minister coming to Saskatchewan, I hope she has some very frank and public words for Premier Wall and Climate “skeptic” Environment Minister Cox.
The government should not be telling people they won’t talk with them about reducing pollution if they have a car, or a cell phone. It’s a blatant attempt to silence critics of a province who has lagged in developing its wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal power resources. Boldly, their unproven claim is that no other SK government has ever invested as much in renewable energy. The throne speech also mentions investing in “clean” energy, but never in the context of reducing climate change causing gas emissions. It does take a moment to give a shout-out to Ronald Reagan though.
For those keeping score at home on your Throne Speech Bingo Sheet, that’s
Dead Presidents – 2 & Climate Change – 0.
ADDED: Wall’s comments “immature“. I’d go a step further and call them reckless and dangerous given what we know about climate change’s dangers.
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff 
Climate derangement denialism wasn’t snuck into the throne speech. It was loudly entrenched. Wrongly, but loudly.
Just because we use such products now does not preclude our desire to end – or at worst, curtail – our dependence upon them. Mr. Taillon speaks Wrongly here.
I agree, it’s just more diplomatic to put it the other way, since Wall’s lackey, sorry “hack” protested so much.
Wall needs to be challenged until he comes clean. Hence this: https://climatejusticesaskatoon.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/please-help-us-challenge-brad-walls-climate-denial/