Up here in Canada we are in the middle of choosing a new national leader for our federal Liberal Party. I will deeply appreciate your prayers for God's will to be done and for Canadian political leaders to come to a new level of understanding of the rather controversial issue of climate change.
I posted my angle on how Isaiah 35 fits with this topic to a candidate for leader...your comments and criticism both here as well as on her Facebook Wall would also be appreciated!!!
Martha visits Antigonish, NS
This fits perfectly into my schedule so I hope to see you there! Thank you immensely for visiting our town.
Here is a summary of the number one issue that concerns me:
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Proposal for the creation of a Nunavut Dollar....to address threat of rising ocean levels
In my opinion it is going to cost trillions of dollars to do what needs to be done to protect towns like Truro, and Antigonish, Nova Scotia from the consequences of the cracking and sliding of a large part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the land based Greenland Ice Pack into the ocean.
The 143,000 acres of productive farmland along the Bay of Fundy that was reclaimed from the ocean by the use of dykes is even more vulnerable because the Fundy seems to have a funnelling effect on tidal water. In my part of Guysborough County, N. S. the difference between low tide and high tide can be as little as one meter. Along parts of the Fundy, the difference can be fifteen meters or more!
The province of Alberta attempted to create its own provincial currency unit during The Great Depression but enormous pressure was exerted to ensure that their experiment in monetary policy was unsuccessful.
"Not "Funny money"
Following the 1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt, the party attempted to implement its radical populist policies, such as the issuance of prosperity certificates to Alberta residents (dubbed "funny money" by detractors) in accordance with the theories of Silvio Gesell. Douglas, the originator of the Social Credit movement, did not like the idea of prosperity certificates which depreciated in value the longer they were held, and openly criticized Gesell's theories.[1]
Early in their term, the Socreds tried to pass two bills that would have placed the province's banks under government control. However, Lieutenant-Governor John C. Bowen refused to grant Royal Assent to the bills. The Supreme Court of Canada subsequently ruled the legislation unconstitutional because only the federal government can legislate on banking."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Social_Credit_Party
The province of Quebec seems to be in much better position to create its own provincial currency unit without facing the massive backlash from the financial community and federal government that Alberta experienced. The Territory of Nunavut may be in an even better position to take action than the Province of Quebec or Nova Scotia??!!
Dr. James Hansen has stated that the last time that global temperatures rose by three degrees ocean levels rose by 25 meters over four centuries. Canada and the world are NOT yet prepared for ocean rise of one meter every twenty years.
Nearly one hundred million people in Bangladesh alone will become climate change refugees in the event of merely a one meter rise in ocean levels!
