On tolerance and thorium

Kelly McParland declares that “Old Liberal arrogance has returned,” as if it ever went away. That’s the dichotomy of the left: Wax on about how tolerant, sympathetic and understanding we need to be as a society — except when it comes to anyone with even a slightly different view than their own. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna admits she has “no time” for those who resist the Liberal carbon-mitigation plan. Sadly, the Liberals’ approach is to impose a massive tax on carbon where no technically viable alternatives exist, and provide no evidence to show that a tax will in any way mitigate emissions. In other words, a tax grab, and a federally dictated drain upon the Canadian economy, and I’m sure Justin Trudeau will find a way to spend the revenues.

This is at a time when there are Canadian technology providers (eg: Ontario’s Terrestrial Energy) that are working on safe, non-carbon-emitting nuclear generation based upon thorium.

Thorium was abandoned by the U.S. as nuclear fuel during the Cold War largely because it was not possible to produce the fissile material needed for nuclear weapons. Molten salt reactors work at very low pressures and are considered “walk-away-safe” while having the added benefit of being able to burn down the existing stockpile of nuclear waste for which no one seems to have a solution.

The U.S. Department of Energy has inked a deal for a thorium test reactor to be placed in the mid-West United States. Why is Canada not leading the charge in what appears to be a great solution to power generation until fusion is ready for at-scale power generation? If you really wanted to stop carbon emissions, shouldn’t you should do something useful? that central banks can always buy up any outstanding government debt. As former U.S. central bank chief Alan Greenspan has explained, “(A) government cannot become insolvent with respect to obligations in its own currency. A fiat money system, like the ones we have today, can produce such claims without limit.” it becomes a substitute for nutritious food can weaken the immune system substantially and thereby increase a person’s overall susceptibility to cancer or other diseases. The more information people have about what they are consuming, the better chance they have to figure out what’s best for them individually. The idea that any man can have his life ruined by a vengeful woman crying rape is a pervasive myth that needs to die. The Globe and Mail reported last year that according to research from North America, the United Kingdom and Australia, only two to eight per cent of rape accusations are false. The Globe also found that one in five reported sexual assaults in Canada are declared unfounded by police for dubious reasons. Add to that the fact that it has been estimated that less than 10 per cent of sexual assaults are even reported to the police at all, and it appears we have quite a crisis on our hands.

Blatchford should be asking why sexual assault survivors are so reluctant to come forward to police, or why police do a terrible job of investigating sexual assault in this country.