‘Pipelines will be blown up,’ says David Suzuki, whose leaders are not acting on climate change
“It is now the age of consequences,” the organizer of the Extinction Rebellion told protesters in Victoria
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Longtime environmental activist David Suzuki issued an extreme statement over the weekend on what could happen if politicians and global leaders do not act to reverse climate change.
“Pipelines will be blown up if our leaders are not aware of what is going on,” he told an Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island protest in Victoria on Saturday. He made the statement not as a threat, but as a warning.
“My whole message here? Is it as long as we stick to the models or systems that we have built our laws, our policies and our economy as being more important than anything else? We are excited,” CHEK News showed him say.
“People in the Extinction Rebellion say we’re heading for an extinction direction and we’re rebelling against it. That’s why I’m here.”
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In protest of the organizers calling a funeral for the future, hundreds marched in the wake of disastrous results from extreme weather last week in BC and after a disappointing COP26 rally. They called on governments to do something about the ongoing climate crisis.
“It is now the age of consequences,” said Dr. Don Goodeve, an organizer of Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island. “We need action. We need a declaration on a climate emergency from the (British Columbia) NDP Government, and we need them to start dealing with the reality of this emergency. We need changes in policy, no more investment in fossil fuel infrastructure. “
“What just happened with the unprecedented rainfall and floods, and Premier Horgan has the courage to come back and say, well, six months ago, no one could have foreseen this,” Goodeve said. “Well, they could. For over 30 years, scientists have been telling us the consequences of an unrestrained expansion of fossil fuels and the continued investment in fossil fuel infrastructure and not addressing the root causes of the climate crisis.”
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Suzuki said BC – and the world – are in “deep, deep doo-doo” unless serious steps are taken, especially in the food supply chain.
“We can not continue to have a food chain that is 6,000 or 7,000 miles long,” he said. “We’re a northern country, why the hell can we buy fresh tomatoes and lettuce and fresh fruit 12 months a year? We need to start living in a way that reflects where we live,” and not use emission-transport. to bring such products to Canada.
Suzuki did not attend this year’s COP26 conference because, as he told CTV’s Your Morning , not only does he not want to fly anymore, but also because “it’s the 26th conference,” he said with some emphasis. “For the first time in 26 meetings, they actually have fossil fuels in their documents this year. Is this progress?”
The lack of movement from Canada on the environmental front continues to fuel his passion. “Canada has given promise after promise after promise to reduce or curb our emissions,” he said. “We have never ever tried to fulfill the promises we have made.
“It’s all negotiations and horse trading,” he said. “The largest delegation of people with official status there is the 503 delegates from the fossil fuel industry – that is more than all the representatives of the eight countries hardest hit by climate change.”
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