But if we are willing to starve off thousands of people today for a green economy, in the hope that unproven effects on people who will be born 100 years form now, why not address the things that are actually harming us?
Same as the Maple Leafs. Stands are loaded with corporate money and they sell more merch than any other team. They have an underserved loyal fanbase so why pay to win when making first round playoffs on rare occasion pulls in the highest revenue in the league?
In my air ambulance days I constantly asked the government dispatchers what the severity of the case was. I would remind them there was no point in killing a crew of 5 highly trained specialists to save one that could wait until morning. It wasn't until a crew was actually killed in Masset that they reconsidered their safety parameters. That was forced by the BC paramedics union.
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