Here is a look at Canada's environmental ranking as well as discussion on government policies related to the environment

1. Environmental Ranking –
Sustainability Index –
November 2017
By: Paul Young
Date: November 3, 2017

2. Agenda
• Top 25 and Worst 25 Ranking – Sustainability
• China Rare Metals
• India Pollution
• China Pollution
• Water/Land Management
• Fresh Water Supply/Ranking
• CPC vs LPC – Environment
• Blog – LPC supporter vs CPC
• Blog – In Land Water Ways
• Summary

3. Canada Ranking
Source - http://www.ssfindex.com/results/ranking-all-countries/ and Yale University
2014 EPI Ranking
Canada fell to 25 in 2016 from
24 in 2014. CPC were in power in
2014

4. India Water Pollution

5. India Air Pollution

7. UN / India and China
• http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/air-pollution-levels-up-by-8-un-report/article8642415.ece

8. Land/Water Management
Source - https://wle.cgiar.org/thrive/2017/02/21/it%E2%80%99s-hard-manage-
something-you-cannot-see-%E2%80%93-can-we-feed-billions-ground

9. Fresh Water
• https://top5ofanything.com/list/575a978e/Countries-with-the-Most-Fresh-Water

10. Canada lags in conservation efforts
Source - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-lagging-behind-on-
commitment-to-protect-lands-and-fresh-water-reportsays/article35779173/?click=sf_globefb

11. Harper and inland Waters
• http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/no-the-harper-government-didnt-gut-laws-protecting-our-waterways/wcm/29a66644-55df-40bb-9ce4-03760377ec52

12. LPC vs CPC - Environment
• “Mr. Speaker, for the first time in Canada's history, we have a concrete plan to reduce our climate emissions as a government. We are going to reach our Paris targets. The way we are
going to do that is by understanding that we cannot separate economic growth from protecting the environment. We need to do it together. That is what Canadians expect.
• The Conservatives ignored our environmental responsibilities for 10 years. The NDP is not focused on growing the economy. We know we have to do them both together. That is exactly
what we are doing with a historic plan to price carbon, a historic plan to work with the provinces, and to move forward
• https://openparliament.ca/debates/2017/10/4/justin-trudeau-7/
• Harper continue to support programs like SDTC - https://www.sdtc.ca/en. This program started with Martin and was continue under Harper. The program focuses on providing seed funding
for clean technology companies
• Clean Technology despite their grants and loans from government have yet to produced a profit. http://www.bnn.ca/awash-in-red-ink-canadian-clean-tech-struggling-despite-ottawa-s-
green-goals-1.729679
• Canada is natural resource country like Australia, but has struggle to get mining projects off the ground due to long drawn out government approval process - http://www.bnn.ca/company-
news/video/government-has-torn-the-country-apart-reaction-to-energy-east-cancellation~1226966
• Harper did not muzzle scientist as MSM and Liberal party made him and his party out in terms of the sciences - https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/myth-or-fact-is-the-
harper-government-really-muzzling-203405672.html
• Canada was ranked 71st in 2015 when it came to environmental - https://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/11/19/news/switzerland-first-canada-71st-environment-new-global-ranking.
Canada has some of the toughest air quality, water quality and land management standards in the world.
• Canada and Paris Targets – Canada is not on target to meet its emissions targets - http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/emissions-down-slightly-but-canada-not-yet-on-track-to-meet-
2030-climate-targets-report
• Clean Tech has to be about economics - https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/clean-tech-industry-falling-behind-international-
competition-report/article34757551/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&. Banks and investors want a return on their investments. Trudeau has never mentioned that clean
technology companies are losing money. Carbon based business are contributing the tax money that is being used to fund start ups in clean technology
• David Suzuki has been exposed many times when it comes to misinformation on climate change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4SaIFsyxgA&t=37s
• Trudeau is determine to push FIT policies that destroy Ontario at the National Level - http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/boondoggle-how-ontarios-pursuit-of-renewable-energy-
broke-the-provinces-electricity-system
• Prime Minister role is to look out for all Canadians. The problem with PM Selfie is that he is only interested in supported areas where there are votes for his party -
http://www.bnn.ca/video/canada-is-focused-on-an-airplane-when-it-should-be-focused-on-a-pipeline-brett-wilson~1220592
• Source - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/carbon-tax-or-carbon-pricing-and-clean-technology-investment-september-2017

13. Blog – LPC vs CPC Here is what I told the NDP:
FYI – I take no script from CPC. I deal with facts to support any of my posts. Opinion is opinion
and means nothing if it is not backup. Would you submit a paper/essay that did not have
support?
1. Gun Registry was waste of money and was ineffective -
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/gary-mauser-why-the-long-gun-registry-
doesnt-work-and-never-did. The criminals that are committing gun crimes do not have
register fire arms. BTW: - http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/ndp-would-bring-in-
gun-registry-mulcair-says. How is Canada’s crime rate?
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/22/serious-crime-rate-in-canada-
dropped-last-year-to-its-lowest-level-since-1969.html. So, how has Harper failed to
reduced crime?
2. Scientific research is taking a different approach with more collaboration including the
use of Business Analytics - http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2013/12/02/20131202.html
or http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-reveals-details-of-15-billion-
fund-for-science-strategy/article21957502/. How about you provide examples including
links that show Harper has abandoned the sciences or has told scientist to be quiet? All I
ever see is a few links from a few disgruntled scientists!
3. Harper cares about the environment more than people give him credit, but left never
likes to read about STDC or next generation of biofuels or changes rules/penalties for
spills, etc. http://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/federal-policy-analysis-green-
technology-canadaa

14. Blog – Inland Waterways
• You know enough, really? You never once commented on Ontario Liberals, why? If you are truly informed then you would realize
the mess they made of Ontario, right? Walkerton happen 14 years ago and guess what it still has not been implemented? So, is
that Harper's fault? Yet you make claims on lakes, right? Yet LPO failed to complete the Walkerton recommendations! FYI – There
has to be right balance of policies that support the economy as well as the environment! The problem is pro environmentalist
never care about the cost as long as they stop projects, right?
• Secondly, I was quite clear the Harper has done some good things for the environment, but you ignored that information, why?
Oops, it is lies, right? I guess my information never came from Suzuki or Tides or other radical groups, right? Yet some of changes
were made on the environment files to support municipalities, right?
• Harper has done many good things for this country in difficult times like 2008-2009 election and/or minority parliament. Yet May
never said one thing on Harper being in minority parliament, right?
•
• http://www.fraserinstitute.org/blogs/sorry-premier-notley-you-can%E2%80%99t-have-your-own-facts
• http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/no-the-harper-government-didnt-gut-laws-protecting-our-waterways/wcm/29a66644-
55df-40bb-9ce4-03760377ec52
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• It would be nice if politicians put their partisan politics aside and spoke the truth when it came to laws. It is no wonder people do
not trust politicians is all they do is lie and fabricate facts to support their hidden agenda which is Agenda 2030
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/agenda-2030-new-world-order

15. Summary
• Many countries need to invest in projects that treat raw sewage and
industrial waste
• Government need to provide more oversight including management of land
and water resources
• Foreign Aid to countries needs to be transparent including audits and
oversight
• There needs to proper balance between the economy and the environment
• More pressure needs to be put on heavy polluters like India and China to
bring in higher standards when it comes to both land and water
management