You would think that “conservatives” would be the first to defend the natural order. To conserve and not squander our greatest source of wealth, nature.
But in Canada, as in the US, the “right” is angry with science – especially environmental science.
Want proof?
From a 2013 Pew Research pole in the US: percentage who felt that protecting the environment was a top priority: Democrat’s 69%, Republicans 32%
More or less the same thing up here in the great white north. Our federal Conservatives are progressively dismantling government research into climate change and other environmental areas.
I really can’t understand the thinking of these people. The angry and often affluent right wing. What are the odds that the guy driving the Escalade is a liberal?
Tough times for science teachers and climatologists – here