I am a 26 year old that has…

I am a 26 year old that has sadly been left the legacy of a generation that chose to focus on corporate profits and immediate gains to the detriment of long term health and prosperity. A legacy of dependence on oil and gas and a lack of investment in renewable energy sources has led to a climate that is warming at rates far beyond anything that could be considered natural and which is leading use towards a very immediate, very real and very scary climate emergency. Particularly in light of the recent UN IPCC Report on the status of global climate change, suggesting we have only 12 years to change course to avoid a global climate catastrophe (melting ice sheets, mass migraine, drought, floods, food shortages and untold deaths due to severe climate events) it is unconscionable that the Ontario government is taking backwards steps in addressing this global crisis. If there is no incentive for polluters to reduce their emissions the government is essentially issuing carte blanche for them to continue contributing to a catastrophic reality of a melting Arctic, increased severe weather events and natural disasters. We are headed full steam into a very significant, disruptive and ultimately costly realty. This is both in terms of dollars spent on clean-up addressing the aftermath of climate change events, and in human life and health. I encourage the Ontario government to scrap Bill 4 and maintain the current programs until such time as they have proposed an equal or improved plan that will help to address this very real, very dangerous crisis we now face.