Environmentalism has replaced Socialism

Politics, for me, is a fascinating subject in that there are so many shades of meaning such that it is hard to differentiate those who favour one political philosophy from another. In Canada we have three main parties and several also ran's that lie more on the fringes. The three I am referring to are the Conservative party, the Liberal party and the New Democratic party (NDP). In a "perfect" world they would be labelled as being right wing, centrist or left wing where by the "right" and "left" originated with the French parliament during the French Revolution whereby the monarchists sat to the right of the chair of the parliamentary president.

In more modern times those who support "capitalism" are considered to be right wing, or "conservatives" and those who support "socialism" are left wing or "socialists". "Liberals" traditionally have tried to find a happy medium between the two extremes; except in Canada where by all three major parties are in essence centralists in that our "conservatives" support socialistic policies and our "socialists" support capitalistic policies.

No matter which party one was previously aligned with the common thread was what was best for the people of Canada. A case in point are the farmers of the prairies, the birthplace of the NDP and where Provincially they have been well represented for a long time. Farmers in essence are independent businessmen, capitalists, but with no control over critical aspects of whether or not they make a profit; the weather and grain prices. When times are tough (the grain markets are doing poorly or the weather prevents a good harvest) they band together to help one another survive until next season; they are socialists. But when times are good (the prices received for their grains more than meet costs or the weather has resulted in a bumper harvest) they stand apart and are capitalists again.

We are now in strange times in that environmentalism has infiltrated both the Liberals and the NDP to the point that neither party are about what is best for society. Instead society has become the scapegoat for everything that is imagined to be wrong with the environment such as the supposedly imperiled woodland caribou or climate change. The Liberals embraced environmentalism the earliest and the NDP are trying to as well thanks to the LEAP Manifesto.

One politician who sees clearly the problem with adopting the draconian actions of the Liberals and NDP is Brad Wall of Saskatchewan as illustrated in this video:

https://www.facebook.com/kenneyjasont/videos/10154749705632641/

While he believes in climate change he does not agree at all with the policies being put in place by the Liberals, both Federally and Provincially across this country. Government is financed by taxes. Taxes are paid by working people. If people lose their jobs due to untested and unproven environmental policies then we are due for economic collapse.

What is most puzzling though is how did this come about? How did two political parties lose sight of who they are supposed to be representing, the people of Canada? Not too long ago Barbara Kay, a columnist with the National Post wrote a piece titled "The deplorables' get their moment. Break out the pointed hoods". She tells about how radicals now pretend to be others as a means of attaining their own agenda; a methodology created and promoted by Saul Alinksky who wrote a book called "Rules for Radicals". In it he encouraged radicals to work within the system while accruing power to destroy it. If you think of it Gerald Butts, former CEO of the World Wildlife Fund of Canada and now Justin Trudeau's principal secretary and previously the principal secretary for former Premier Dalton McGuinty's fits that description to a tee.

So in summary Canada's political system has devolved whereby the Liberals and the NDP have become corrupted from within to the point that they care not for you and I, the people of this country. The Green party never did and the Bloc want to tear the country apart for different reasons but with the same result. At this point in time there is only one party that is left to for Canadians and ensuring Canada survives and we with it; the Conservative party.