I feel that it has taken an exceptionally long time to realize environmental harm and there have been liberties taken with the environmental standards in certain operations, such as the oil sands. I understand operations require the meeting of a reasonable rate of return, but how is the government truly balancing that and the needs of the environment? I believe we need to pace development, and consider the harm we are causing our planet, because otherwise a recession will no longer be our concern.

This post was submitted by Lisa Quigley.