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Our society faces epochal change in power generation and distribution, in transportation, food supply, and in urban densification. All of it is driven by Climate Change - undoubtedly the defining challenge of our times.
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These fields will be the most intense areas of technological innovation over the next half century.
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Yet we have a political party effectively run and controlled by the Oil Industry. It is about to lose power in B.C., but to regain power in Ontario.
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That party is dedicated to preventing any of the technological changes that are required for our society to address Climate Change and its effects.
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For a decade, it not only stifled innovation at the federal level, but also relentlessly attacked the institutions of democracy that nourish innovation - freedom of speech, the rule of law, an independent judiciary.
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That is the biggest obstacle, not only to innovation, but to the democratic institutions upon which our prosperity always truly depends.