If *I* were Prime Minister

What would you do if you were Prime Minister?

Seriously. You complain about the high cost of living in this country; the lack of opportunities; or, perhaps, the lack of initiative from our elected officials.

Well, now is the time to GET ACTIVE.

Dust off those camcorders and take 30 seconds to tell the nation what YOU would do if you were Prime Minister.

This is the call to action David Suzuki (and his foundation) made at the end of January. Their rational: They love Canada. They love the people of Canada. They love the geography, the weather and the opportunities Canada offers. Now, David is setting off on a cross-country tour to talk to every day Canadians about the environment.

Throughout the month of February he and his crew will be stopping in more than 40 communities from St. John’s to Victoria. And this is not a book or publicity tour. This is an opportunity to converse.

No matter what our political bent is, we all depend on a clean environment. Headlines over the last decade have highlighted that water, food and air -- when not taken care of -- can kill. Even in Canada.

So, David is asking us to take the power back - to make an effort to make a difference and change the direction our country is heading (despite recent rhetoric from all sides of the Capital Hill). Dubbed the "Prime Minister Tour", David is asking what YOU, the everyday working Joe (Joanne) would do if YOU were Prime Minister?

Learn more about the If YOU were Prime Minister tour at www.davidsuzuki.org.

If that wasn't enough, check out the Christian Science Monitor article on how Science LAGS behind the global warming issue facing global governments today.

The reality is the "debate" (ie: does global warming exist? and are humans a contributor?) was not put to rest until a Friday report, released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (a UN group), linked humans to global warming. In otherwords: yes, the Earth is heating up and, yes, we humans are a factor in that warming. From a body of rather conservative, logical folks it was a damning indictment.

Yet, even as governments world wide continue to catch up to the environmental bandwagon the very scientists, journalists and experts on global warming are complaining that scientific analysis is too slow. Perhaps the EU were appropriate in adopting the precautionary principle. The fact that we WAIT for analysis to show a negative impact before legislating significant changes is not only foolish, it is reproachable.

We all require clean air, food and water and global warming threatens that. Period.

For more on the Christian Science Monitor article go to:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0207/p03s02-sten.html