It really does seem that as the tide turns against climate alarmism, intellectually and socially, the self-styled cutting-edge thinkers in Canada are going to be left high and dry. Like those at the Globe & Mail who just wrote “For the health of Canadians, the health care sector must decarbonize now”. Right, that’s the priority. Millions of Canadians have no family doctor and the population faces some of the world’s longest waits for essential surgeries. But what the country really needs is for our health care budget to be spent putting solar panels on hospital roofs. There are people who think they’re the smart ones in the room and who really believe such things, and then wonder how they didn’t see the collapse of the whole scheme coming.

The Globe article goes on:

“Canada’s health care system must cut its greenhouse gas emissions and reduce its carbon footprint for the sake of the health of all Canadians. That was the urgent call to action at the Health and Climate Change conference, which was held at The Globe and Mail in Toronto on Oct. 6, the country’s first National Day of Action on Planetary Health.”

Yeah. It would be. But maybe have a quick word with B. Gates about a system that devours government budgets, especially provincial, yet delivers little and even fails in comparison to other nation socialized-medicine systems. Is your big concern really switching to a lower-GHG anesthetic?

The article doesn’t present anyone offering a contrary view, either on the existence of an existential climate crisis or even some Bill Gates-type saying Canada’s healthcare system might have higher priorities than the emissions from inhalers. Or that even if the dreaded climate change is making Canadians ill, the kinds of reductions they’re discussing cannot possibly affect global temperature even in the most absurdly torqued computer model.

Sure, this kind of thing used to be cool. As is Canary Media peddling a free online forum with “As the energy industry undergoes a rapid transformation” that’s not happening and won’t. But the world is leaving you behind. Along with Canada’s Department of the Environment, claiming “Electric vehicles bring health benefits and cost savings to Canadians” without any, you know, numbers or stuff.