Fall political season is ON

The fall political season is getting exciting and/or depressing. We are going to be experiencing elections both in Canada and in the US.

On this side of the border, the next government will likely be either a second Harper government with its friendly oil lobby, or less likely a new Dion government, with a Green Shift program. Unfortunately for the green advocates, Dion’s party is very week in many part of Canada, especially in Québec. The oil lobby might get even stronger in Ottawa for the next 4 years, and the climate change activists will probably be very busy with protests and petitions.

On the South side of the border, Republican John Mc Cain just picked a human induced climate change denier as his running mate. The irony is that Mrs. Palin is the governor of Alaska, where climate change is and will be the most visible. I’m hoping that the hotness of Mrs. Palin won’t seduce America too long and the Artic Wildlife Refugee will stay wild, free of oil drilling.

If both Harper and Republicans win this fall, it will be a huge blow on the moral of those friendly climate change activists but more dramatic, quite a set back for our planet.