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LETTER: Nero and Trudeau both fiddled

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Those of us who remember history, will be familiar with Nero and the burning of Rome. It is believed that he fiddled while the city burned.

Jump forward to 2018 and our very own Nero, Justin Trudeau, our Prime Minister. Is he fiddling with old and well used bitumen pipe lines while Canada burns.

Of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with climate change.

Across this great nation we have rampant forest fires, severe droughts, oppressive heat waves, and even a snow storm in the Rockies in August. But nay, nothing to do with climate change? Our modern-day Nero tells us buying a pipe line with money we don’t have is good for the country. I hope Canadians will forgive me if I find all of this very difficult to swallow.

F. Ben Rodgers,

Abram-Village

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