Rex Murphy: Just two weeks ago the alarum went out that COVID-19 was an “opportunity” for something like an entire reorienting of government to go full green. How the response to a world plague invites the construction of windmills and solar panels, more gasoline taxes, and of course strict new regulations on every motorized operation was a question early posed. How does a green binge relate to viral infection?
The prime minister was talking big then, of a new Canada, and this new Canada was all for global-warming commitments. He was quite abuzz with the reforging of Confederation: “This is our chance to build a more resilient Canada, a Canada that is healthier and safer, greener and more competitive, a Canada that is more welcoming and more fair.”
They didn’t talk that ambitiously even in 1867 when the canvas was empty. Chrystia Freeland, first mate of the SS Trudeau, was even more febrile. She insisted the recovery had to be green, equitable and inclusive, as opposed to, I presume, some other colour, inequitable and exclusive. All Canadians, she insisted, “know” the recovery has to be green
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