Jeffrey Simpson wrote last week that the present Government of Canada defines itself by the enemies it makes:
By identifying enemies or hostile institutions, or by picking fights with individuals or institutions, Mr. Harper can better galvanize his supporters. The idea of appealing to as many people as possible in the search for maximizing votes is not how he governs. Instead, he looks to his party’s core vote, tries to energize it as often as possible, then finds slices of the electorate to add to the core.
And certainly one man near the top of the prime minister’s Enemies List is David Suzuki, who appeared this week on Moyers and Company. This clip is nearly twenty-five minutes long. But, as usual, time spent with Suzuki is time well spent.
If Barack Obama has not approved the Keystone XL Pipeline, perhaps it is because — among other things — he has been listening to David Suzuki.