Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Newly elected Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, speaking at Davos, has strongly criticised Leonardo DiCaprio’s recent pontification about alleged oil industry greed.
Justin Trudeau faces off with Leonardo DiCaprio over climate change
CANADIAN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Leonardo DiCaprio to tone down his “inflammatory rhetoric” on climate change, saying it was not helping those who have lost their oil-industry jobs.
The movie star had told the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain town of Davos on Wednesday that corporate greed was causing climate change.
At a dinner later in the day, Trudeau, elected in October as the head of a Liberal government, took the 41-year-old actor to task.
“I pointed out that both Alberta and Canada have new governments over the past year that are committed to action on climate change … and that there are families suffering, out of work, who need to be supported, and inflammatory rhetoric doesn’t necessarily help those families or help Canada,” Trudeau said, recounting his remarks to reporters on Friday.
“He actually said if we took concrete action on climate change he would be the first to come up and celebrate with us.”
Trudeau was elected on what appeared to be a green policy platform, but the reality is Canada is deeply dependent on oil and mineral extraction industries. Low oil prices are already causing significant economic problems. Any further pressure on the Canadian oil industry could exacerbate long term damage to the Canadian economy.
If Trudeau’s green sympathies receive some of the blame for Canada’s worsening economic stagnation, voter anger might translate into a major swing against the Trudeau government, at the next Federal Election.
Trudeau wasn’t elected on a green platform. The Canadian media, specifically the CBC, did everything they could to keep the subject of climate change action out of the election coverage. If Canadians knew his plan was to implement carbon taxes and drive the price of electricity through the roof, he would have lost votes.
maybe Dicaprio should make a new movie “Blood Carbon”.
Justine Trudeau is a retard. Not meant as ad hominem, I really think he is retarded. In the classical sense.
Interesting that the source of this story is Trudeau himself. I would be interested to hear Leonardo’s version of events.
Justin Trudeau, talking out of the other side of his mouth, announced new, onerous “global warming” restrictions on any new Canadian oil pipelines, from which OPEC oil imports will remain exempt.
Does he not see the disconnect with what he just said to Leo?
According to Leonardo DiCaprio, the chinook wind, a common winter event in Alberta, is unprecedented proof of manmade global warming:
http://m.calgarysun.com/2015/12/09/its-a-chinook-leo-albertans-respond-to-dicaprios-climate-experience-while-filming-the-revenant
DiCaprio … deserves all of the scorn and ridicule he’s so far endured.
You can see how the CO2 argument is really a universal trump card to be played anywhere and everywhere.
http://newsdaily.com/2016/01/canada-set-to-unveil-new-rules-for-energy-reviews/
To the NFL fans out there, think of Justin Trudeau as Canada’s equivalent to Johnny Manziel. A privileged upbringing where everyone told him how great he is, never heard the word “no”, some limited success at low level work, and suddenly failing upwards to a high level where he is woefully unable. But it doesn’t matter because it’s little more than a hobby to him at this point.
“He actually said if we took concrete action on climate change he would be the first to come up and celebrate with us.”
Holy shitface charlie, I better get my act together else I will never get to see Mr. Decrapio from across the street in my home town, or where I can perhaps press my face to the outside of the window pane and gawk in awe watching the famous celebrities inside the ballroom. Something I would die to live for, eh!
and still aghasted why Arnie, the alpine Barbarian,
in the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard in which the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the Barbarian are set.
spoke just 1+ word not to reveal his alpine barbaric austrian heritage.
Wasn’t it about barbaric styrian wordless Barbarei?
Hey Arnie, just one barbaric syllable more: slaughtering Silence, natural.
Formulate Glock, Steyr-Mannlicher, not that shy.
From the heart – just another Hans