Harold — The reason why the phrases “Anti-science”, “Evidence-deniers”, and ”Global Warming Deniers” are used are to convince the public at large to buy into a proposed bag of goods. The very phrases are not from actual science, and are in fact unsupported by the rule of science. These phrases are a construct of social engineering and is, and has been used, solely to create more laws, more regulations, and more taxation; for which "parroting" evolves from here for public support. The public are not immersed into any of the related sciences to enable the public to become either a "denier", or a approver, or an anti-anything. These phrases are of fiction. Only between two scientists can there be a denier and each with clear data and code in support; the data and code deny. Where are the denier's codes and data? I noticed that your graph was not standing against the denier's prepared graph. Oops! What is absurd, is to have the thought that the so called "climate change deniers' are not equally or possibly even more qualified scientists. How many scientists are there, and in what study field and qualifications; can disprove the theory that climate change is man made? How many? Don't know? To think that the Public is spearheading and doing the "denying" this is truly absurd.The biggest lie is that 97% of the scientists agree to "climate change",[2%] and the example of social engineering, is the fact that the public don't know who they are, to even verify. "Some authority said so", and that's good enough to wave their company flag. Bravo NOAA!

Harold — Are retailers driving consumer demands? No! The consumer drives the demand, and the retailer supplies to meet the demand. How simple can it be? Anyone who has ever entered into a retail Store can understand this no-brain-er. If a retailer does not have what you want, you walk out. No Sale. (bankrupt) How did this simplicity become "rocket science"? "Eat what we give you or suffer/starve", is not the consumer experience that the Retailer wishes to create. On the other hand, the consultant representing Farm and Food Care is paid to contrive a retail/consumer experience of no choice; Hence the BS narrative.When I last checked, donations to Non-profit, Farm & Food Care of less than $999.00, and greater than $100,000.00, 93 persons/corporate all specifically supported; Know GMO: The Movie. Consumers are starting to move beyond the "movies". Farm & Food Care (organizations) are in desperation to "drive", but little do they know about the oncoming traffic, other than worry. Perhaps Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro, Costco and Walmart can explain it to them. Perhaps, Retail and the Consumer: The Movie.

John Clark — The oil tax, so called, was an international agreement drawn up in Paris two years ago. It isn't an Alberta only kind of thing. We have been asked to turn down our heat and not idle our cars for the past 15 years and no one paid attention. It's time to wear and sweater and turn down your heat; air conditioning!The Yukon who are also invested in carbon tax has turned the money over to an independent organization to manage While BC just let's them riot with no explanations.The earth's orbit is elliptical and we have been moving away from the sun for a couple years on schedule. However instead of cooling down we are heating up!The arctic tundra is thawing and the mechanics of this thaw means it will be thawing faster in the future than current. It stores 1.8 billion tones of carbon dioxide or methane depending only on if it percolates though water or not!The Oceans are absorbing much carbon dioxide. This turns to carbolic acid so, we are killing our oceans too!It has heated so very much that the glaciers in Greenland and Iceland are melting and calving away at a very rapid pace as is Antarctica! All this is going to quickly raise sea levels and coastal cities (most of the world's population) will be on the move.The warm weather means less ice in the arctic this allows for greater wave action. This in turn is eroding the shore lines and etching away at the cliffs on Herschel island. All this dirt is going into the ocean turning it darker attracting still more heat.The result will be a mass immigration unlike anything you can imagine with just 3" of ocean level increase. Borders will fall! Those of you who complained about our tiny immigration increases just wait until its people from Florida who are trying to find a dry spot to go to.The conservative's idea of cap and trade is like most conservative policies about moving money around with no penalties from taxes. Paris looked at this cap and trade thing and rejected it out of hand.There is a school of thought that says we are already too late to do anything about it. There is another in the science community who suggest extra carbon dioxide will be good for plant growth and agriculture and ignore the aspect of a rising sea.Every one agrees it is coming on faster than what we are ready for.

Harold — I for the life of me can't figure out why Matthew Kronby, an international trade lawyer at Bennett Jones in Toronto, cannot figure out the difference between a tri-lateral trade agreement, and a bi-lateral trade agreement. This is an expert? NAFTA is a Tri-lateral Trade Agreement. Trade between Canada and the USA, is a Bi-lateral Trade Agreement. To make a new deal from an old one, you extract the trade products out of the old contract, and place them into the new one, and expect to see a CUSFTA, and not a NAFTA. When you exclude the third party to an agreement, does the old contract continue in full force? No, Further, the tariff is put into place, not to punish the trade partner; it is in place to prevent a exodus of the country's job's and industry and the corresponding economic loss. Canada can impose tariffs to do the same for our country. Both the USA and Canada (with tariffs) are in a position to create their own separate bi-lateral trade agreements with Mexico, without losing (exporting) industry and jobs to Mexico. Trump got rid of the NAFTA and the TPP (multi-lateral) so that the USA can continue with Bi-lateral Trade agreements globally. Japan rejected TPP, and with the United States, they are creating a bi-lateral contract, in the multi billions of dollars, producing USA jobs and industry creation.(re-opening closed factory's) Trump, who owns a respected Law firm, has said in no uncertain terms, that NAFTA is the worst agreement for ANY country to sign, and so is the TPP, and he is setting forth to prove it. Perhaps we should believe Trudeau instead. In the mean time, we have Trudeau selling the wonders of NAFTA and selling TPP globally. Under the Trudeau administration, we have seen more regulations, higher taxation, more job loss, and remain a country of Canadian industry beggars, and in just one month, Trump has proven just how inept the Trudeau administration, and the past administrations, have truly been. Taxing what heats Canadians, provides food, provides Jobs, and which is truly a tax everything tax, further diminishes taxpayer wealth, and further broadens the dependency upon government, and their welfare State agenda. This is the Trudeau dream. Taxpayers will not only pay their own carbon Tax, but also they pay every carbon tax incorporated into the higher priced products that they will purchase. Now, how much money is in the taxpayers wallet? When the product crosses over the consumer price barrier, the company will fold, producing more job loss. Taxpayer funded government created jobs are dependent upon tax dollars and more tax for more government job creation, depleting more taxpayer wealth, and more reliance upon a Government welfare State, more rules and regulations, broadening the illusion that the State is our Saviour. There is not a Canadian that does not face a Government imposed barrier that has been placed against them, and when the curtain of the illusion drops, we will elect only those who will give Canada back to its people. The same is duplicated in every province in Canada, but perhaps less so in Quebec. Right now, the government is not facing any public consequences other than the public's media blame of Trump for our Canadian state of affairs. On a side note, Trudeau will return to the lap of playboy luxury that he foreknew, with all of his future carbon tax bill's prepaid by the aid of a government pension, and the donations which have since poured into the Trudeau Foundation, saying that he once was the Prime Minister of Canada. Lucky Him.