In the world of globalization, the fossil fuel masters of the universe who are digging up our boreal forest and our muskeg and scraping out the bitumen would rather have Canadians take all the risks - and then the oceans take the risks to ship it to refineries that they've already built in other countries rather than create jobs for Canadians here.
Interpretation
The quote criticizes the exploitation of Canada's natural resources for the benefit of foreign entities while neglecting local job creation.
In this quote, Elizabeth May highlights the detrimental impact of globalization on Canada's environment and economy. She argues that foreign companies are extracting fossil fuels from Canadian lands, such as boreal forests and muskeg, prioritizing their profits while ignoring the potential for job creation within Canada. This critique suggests that Canadians bear the environmental and economic risks while large corporations benefit, ultimately raising concerns about the sustainability and ethics of such practices.
In practice
In a speech about environmental policy, this quote can emphasize the need for responsible resource management.
I was known as an activist, described by CBC's 'The Fifth Estate' as 'the 23-year-old waitress who stopped the pulp company dead in its tracks.' Without knowing it was even possible, my activism helped me gain admission to Dalhousie University law school.
It is personal - deep in my bones and my flesh - the knowledge that we squandered our chance to avoid the climate emergency; to act when it would have been so much easier, as we did to stop acid rain, to save the ozone layer.
If we're serious about our kids having a livable world, building fossil fuel infrastructure in 2018 is a sign of deep negligence, which is the kindest thing I can say about it.
There is a Precious Mountain _x000D_ Even the Seven Treasures cannot compare _x000D_ A cold moon rises through the pines _x000D_ Layer upon layer of bright clouds _x000D_ How many towering peaks? _x000D_ How many wandering miles? _x000D_ The valley streams run clear _x000D_ Happiness forever!
The preciousness of life and the changes of weather and the beauty of seasons - all those things have always sort of dazzled me.
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.
If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.
The moth settled onto the curtain and sat still. It was an astonishing creature, with black and white wings patterned in geometric shapes, scarlet underwings, and a fat white body with black spots running down it like a snowman's coal buttons. No human eye had looked at this moth before; no one would see its friends. So much detail goes unnoticed in the world.
Nature must be viewed humanly to be viewed at all; that is, her scenes must be associated with humane affections, such as are associated with one's native place. She is most significant to a lover. A lover of Nature is preeminently a lover of man. If I have no friend, what is Nature to me? She ceases to be morally significant. . .
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