I received this as a very long, pure text email. I subscribe to the DSF, so I'm accustomed to seeing the name in my inbox. I read this message start to finish on my lunch break without knowing that it was authored by the man himself. I could feel my surprise as I hung in there for three-four paragraphs - see, it's rare to find a blast-email that you want to read in its entirety. It will be a very sad day when we lose David Suzuki. Here's my favourite part:
But Canada is much more than its federal government. And our economy is much more than just the oil industry. Canada is you and me and provincial and municipal government leaders. It is businesspeople and union members and retired people and children. It is all of us. And we are making a difference. Some provincial governments have implemented plans to reduce emissions, spur economic activity in the green energy sector and slow climate change. B.C. and Quebec have implemented carbon taxes, Quebec is planning to cap and reduce industrial emissions, and Ontario has its Green Energy Act, a game-changing piece of legislation. Some municipal governments are taking climate change seriously, too. Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan includes policies to increase the number of people who cycle or use transit rather than cars and to make homes and buildings more energy efficient. - David Suzuki, Kyoto and Canada — we are better than this
