IT IS ONE THING TO SAY THIS PRIVATELY:
“The opportunity for a country like Canada is that we are hyperconsumers. After all, population impact is a function of number and consumption per person. The challenge for Canada is to stop this crazy notion that we've got to keep the economy growing by adding more people. Canadians are having less than 2 children per couple so to keep the economy climbing, we bring more and more people from low consuming countries and convert them to high consumers. This is nuts.”
Dr. Suzuki to P. Salonius October 21/2008.
BUT IT’S ANOTHER TO BOLDLY SAY IT PUBLICLY
Before a Canadian audience.
On September 22/06 an Australian radio interviewer asked him point blank, “Are you saying that Australia is overpopulated?” He replied bluntly , “you bet!”. Dr. Suzuki had the courage to make that statement about Australia to an Australian audience. But is he ready to make such a statement about Canada to a Canadian audience? If Robert Bateman is, why not him? It seems that he is getting warmer. On October 15/08, in an interview with Jo Marchant, he declared that industrialized countries “were way overpopulated”. Canada was one such country.
DR. DAVID SUZUKI: PART OF THE ECOLOGICAL
SOLUTION, OR PART OF OUR CHALLENGE ?
It is time for environmental groups to once again acknowledge the crucial role that immigrant-driven population growth plays in environmental degradation. We can’t focus on per-capita consumption exclusively.
“The opportunity for a country like Canada is that we are hyperconsumers. After all, population impact is a function of number and consumption per person. The challenge for Canada is to stop this crazy notion that we've got to keep the economy growing by adding more people. Canadians are having less than 2 children per couple so to keep the economy climbing, we bring more and more people from low consuming countries and convert them to high consumers. This is nuts.”
Dr. Suzuki to P. Salonius October 21/2008.
BUT IT’S ANOTHER TO BOLDLY SAY IT PUBLICLY
Before a Canadian audience.
On September 22/06 an Australian radio interviewer asked him point blank, “Are you saying that Australia is overpopulated?” He replied bluntly , “you bet!”. Dr. Suzuki had the courage to make that statement about Australia to an Australian audience. But is he ready to make such a statement about Canada to a Canadian audience? If Robert Bateman is, why not him? It seems that he is getting warmer. On October 15/08, in an interview with Jo Marchant, he declared that industrialized countries “were way overpopulated”. Canada was one such country.
DR. DAVID SUZUKI: PART OF THE ECOLOGICAL
SOLUTION, OR PART OF OUR CHALLENGE ?
It is time for environmental groups to once again acknowledge the crucial role that immigrant-driven population growth plays in environmental degradation. We can’t focus on per-capita consumption exclusively.
Tim Murray, Vice President, Biodiversity First
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