Robert Sopuck
Robert Sopuck was the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Manitoba constituency of Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa from 2010 to 2019.
There is a plausible path forward for Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet to become the next leader of the opposition, but this requires a few assumptions.
Real free speech always offends someone; otherwise, it would not be free.
The millions of Canadians who are directly or indirectly supported by Canada’s oil and gas industries should be proud of our energy industry, and all Canadians should be forever grateful for our abundant natural resources.
That confined animal feeding operations follow veterinary-approved codes of practice means they are exercising ‘reasonable care’ under the law, a fact conveniently overlooked by animal rights activists.
If Canada is to be a world leader, we must reform our project assessment processes, and become a major supplier of natural resources and energy to our friends and allies. Our national security depends upon it.
The usual suspects are always asking where the right’s climate plan is, and seem to think a carbon tax is the only answer to our environmental issues.
It has become apparent that there are no consistent ESG standards that are applied across the board, while some evaluations result in preposterous conclusions.
We need to harden our infrastructure, conserve and protect nature while sensitively harvesting natural resources, and apply modern technology to solve our environmental issues.
Rural culture is based on co-operation and neighbourliness. Rural Canadians are slow to anger, but the realization has dawned that the deck is stacked against us. For the good of the country, this must change.
Studies show organic farm yields are 20-25 per cent lower than on conventional farms. In a world of increasing food insecurity, this difference is huge; especially given that exports from major grain exporters Ukraine and Russia have been limited due to the war. And many developing nations are always on the edge of starvation, even in good years.
Canada’s more than two million firearms owners will be voting as a block in the next election based on their united opposition to Trudeau’s new firearms laws. And given the tiny margins that determine which party forms government, the Liberals should be worried, writes former Conservative MP Robert Sopuck.
Adding the land requirements for renewable energy, biodiversity conservation, less-intensive farming, and two billion trees equals 469,273 square kilometres or 72 per cent of the area of Manitoba. This is an immense area of land to be reallocated and is it even feasible? The lesson: Do the math.
Ecological ‘purists’ recoil at the thought of active management via human intervention. The problem with the purist approach is that most regions on Earth are affected/managed by people.
The documents that emerged from COP15 were long on goals and objectives, but woefully short on details. Goals are the easy part but when it comes to legislation or treaties, precision is critical if there is to be any hope of progress. Let me explain.
