Mining Deviants and Duplicitous Deception

I could not find a news article or documentation to support or corroborate the claim made by the placard in this article. It was posted by Ontario’s Minister of Mines, George Pirie a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. In the Province of Ontario, comparable to the federal cabinet, as well as all British Parliamentary structures, cabinet ministers are elected representatives selected from an election’s winning party and chosen by the party leader, prime minister, or premier.

Without a news article, I could not determine if the New Democratic Party (NDP) in this case referred to the national party or the minority party seated in the Ontario provincial legislator. The NDP has more power nationally, since they aligned, in the last election, with Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party of Canada. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the Liberal Party was victorious but did not obtain enough seats for majority governance. In a quirk of British-style elections, another party, with a sufficient number of elected members, can merge, amalgamate, or coalesce with the elected minority party to establish a majority or coalition government. The NDP made such a maneuver and the Liberal Party was allowed to govern with a majority. This procedure has always seemed, at least to me, a weakening or deterioration of true democracy - i.e. their coalition governments are not directly chosen by a majority of the electorate. This condition currently exists in the Canadian province of British Columbia as well.

According to a Twitter post by Pirie, the New Democratic Party (NDP) voted “No to jobs for northern and Indigenous communities.  No to economic prosperity for the north.  No to securing the critical minerals we need for the electric vehicle revolution. While they say no, we'll continue to strengthen Ontario's mining sector.”

It should be noted that the majority of ‘hard-rock’ mining in the Province of Ontario occurs in the northern sectors of that province, especially in the riding (region or district) of Timmins which is legislatively represented by Pirie. For full disclosure, my hometown is in this riding, and Pirie and I have been friends since high school, teammates in sports, and, at one time, co-workers. I do not know Pirie’s outlook or viewpoint on climate change – perhaps one day I will ask him. While Pirie seems to believe in an impending electric vehicle revolution, and if this materializes, it will be because of government mandates or decrees rather than consumer demand.

The NDP and the Liberal Party of Canada share many of the same leftist ideals, including that of anthropogenic climate change and its advocacy. They both foster and advance the total elimination of fossil fuels in favor of renewable energies, yet as everyone knows or should know, the production of energy through renewable sources is heavily reliant on mining. This is essential for the acquisition of raw materials required in structures, mechanisms, and renewable energy infrastructure.

I cover the ever-growing arduousness of obtaining mining permits in both Canada and the United States in an article entitled, “The Misery of Mining” and how the nations are becoming more captive to China for necessary minerals. China’s Communist Party enslaves nations around the globe to confiscate monopolies on mineral resources, yet they have no intention to participate in any carbon dioxide reduction programs.

It is difficult to imagine the hypocrisy in this matter - a political faction is preventing a cure for its own manufactured disease. As the late American businessman Robert LeFevre once said, “Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure.” This is assuredly the case in this specific situation.