With the rise of the Canadian dollar, I can't help but think back to my interview with Andrew Nikiforuk and his predictions of Canada becoming a Petrol State governed by the laws of petropolitics.
I was watching the news yesterday and was not too surprised to see an economic celebration at the state of our currency. "Christmas is coming!" they declared, "and spending should be up 4% in Alberta and BC."
What bothers me is no one is asking the important questions of how all this spending is contributing to pollution, environmental degradation, and global warming. On one hand the media is saying "We're in BIG TROUBLE" while on the other hand, it's business as usual.
Like CNN in the last few weeks.. running the series "PLANET IN PERIL" which is focusing on how our planet is essentially deathly ill... then during the breaks, they run commercials for luxury sedans, SUV's, and materialistic junk...
HELLO? Is anybody home...?
In the wake of this blissed out Canadian consumer craze, I have to say, I'm a little pessimistic regarding our future.
peace,
d
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