“Environmentalists”

Steven Guilbeault’s claim the federal government’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta to build an oil pipeline to B.C. is fuelling Quebec separatism is nonsense.

In interviews with Bloomberg News and the CBC last week after he quit the federal cabinet, Guilbeault attempted to toss a grenade into Canadian unity by arguing that by signing the MOU with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Prime Minister Mark Carney is fuelling Quebec separatism.

The federal government is stoking Quebec separatism by walking back its climate commitments — including in its recent deal with Alberta — Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault says.

“There is a feeling right now that by abandoning our climate goals we are fuelling the separatist movement,” Guilbeault said in an interview airing Sunday on CBC’s Rosemary Barton Live.

He is a climate psycho and lies about the colour of the sky.

Growing up in the 1980s, I can still remember being taught in school about the dangers of global warming and the hole in the ozone layer. The narrative was that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), widely used in refrigeration, air conditioning, foam insulation, solvents, and aerosol propellants, were depleting the ozone layer, and that this depletion might be irreversible. We were told it would be unsafe to go outside without being covered up, even in the summer, if this came to pass. People were shamed into believing their modern lifestyles were killing the ozone layer.

Poll after poll shows the issue falling in status as a political priority, in America and abroad

The world’s treatment of global warming as a top-tier political priority may be subsiding, if recent polls are any indication.

A recent Swedish survey highlights how “environment/climate concerns” declined from a top issue for 51 percent of young women and 34 percent of young men in 2019 to just 15 and 13 percent, respectively, in 2025. Swedish kids’ interest in climate also cratered — once considered a top issue, it’s now only in the bottom half of the 23 concerns listed, well behind health, education, and safety. That’s a massive change for the famously progressive country — the same nation which spawned climate activist Greta Thunberg, who herself has since moved onto other issues.

Last week, I attended an event on climate change at the Hampton Inspired Hub. It was advertised as an update on the science of global warming. The first words out of the host’s mouth, however, were: “Thank you for joining us here with Hampton Extinction Rebellion.”

I nearly got up to leave, but it was raining outside and I already had a drink, so I decided to stay.

One of the huge bonuses to having racked up a significant number of years in life is that one gets an amazing perspective on things. For example, I’ve been through a number of dire apocalyptic warnings. When I was a kid, global cooling and a new ice age were going to bring down the curtain on Mother Earth within 40 years. Before the ice had a chance to show up, fears of overpopulation were being spread. Widespread famine was going to do us in.

Climate change is not the end of the world, according to Bill Gates. In a blog post yesterday, the Microsoft co-founder — whose foundation has donated billions to philanthropy projects aimed at mitigating a climate disaster — criticised the “doomsday outlook” of the “climate community”.