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- From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
- Subject: Re: ui benfits cut
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.080422.8390@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <199229.4112.13886@dosgate>
- Distribution: can
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:04:22 GMT
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- In article <199229.4112.13886@dosgate> "robert radford" <robert.radford@canrem.com> writes:
- > JPM> What I would say about new immigration policies: Canada should be a
- > JPM> fairly open country (not like we'are short on space!)
- >
- >Actually, we are short of space. The fact that most Canadians live in a
- >narrow ribbon along the border is no accident. The rest of the country is
- >without jobs or infrastructure and will not support people except at a
- >subsistence level.
- >
-
- If people can live happily as far north as Edmonton, they can make do
- in many other areas of Canada. The Kelowna / interior of BC is experiencing
- rapid growth, and if Kelowna can sustain that growth, so can many areas of
- BC. You may reasonably predict BC to double in population.
-
- >In any case, you should read "Beyond the Limits" by Dennis Meadows et al
- >which notes that environmental impact is a function of the number of
- >people times their affluence times the adverse effects of their
- >technology. Under that definition, one Canadian does far more
- >environmental damage than a residents of most of the world and the number
- >of Canadians we have now does an incredible amount of damage. So what you
- >are arguing for is more pollution.
- >
-
- yeah, and your lot all think that humans are parasites on 'nature' and
- shouldn't exist.
-
- Pollution is a red herring, because most of your crowd call a lot of
- things pollution, that aren't REALLY pollution. Canada's resources
- can support generations of people at current living standards. And you also
- mistake my intent: not to increase net world population, but to shift
- some of it here, and let attrition reduce populations elsewhere, while
- letting developed countries, who know how to manage growth, expand.
-
-
- >---
- > * Freddie 1.2 * Genie: R.L.Radford Compuserve: 76354,535 Other: Robert.Radford@canrem.com
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