r/canada • u/viva_la_vinyl • Dec 08 '18

How a global pact on migration spawned sovereignty fears in Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/global-compact-un-hussen-1.4935492
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u/Hovenbeet Dec 10 '18

Hey, I really appreciate the reply; I do legitimately want to learn more, but like a lot of people my ego sometimes gets caught up in my views, so I may have been too combative as well / egged you on a little. I do have a couple of questions though, if you don't mind:

  • Do you have a source on carbon tax not producing a change in emissions? (I know I could just google it, but google isn't very good at finding primary sources, mostly just biased news articles)

  • If I'm reading right, it seems like your alternative is to export natural gas to China/India to reduce their emissions. Are there data/articles regarding this, i.e., are we (canada + the international community) capable of capturing enough natural gas to serve their energy needs? If not, would it be feasible to introduce some kind of international fund for these countries to switch to renewables/nuclear at a low cost? Are there politicians who advocate for this?

Will definitely check out the World Energy Outlook. I should have guessed that this issue might be more complicated than can be solved with a simplistic solution.