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Letters: Politicians must do their job on the environment or step aside

Editor: When it comes to consumer protection and environmental preservation, all levels of government have miserably failed us all. Politicians have shamefully acted in favour of the corporate interest instead of the public interest.
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Swedish teen Greta Thunberg has become the poster child for a new youth-led climate change protest movement

Editor:

When it comes to consumer protection and environmental preservation, all levels of government have miserably failed us all.

Politicians have shamefully acted in favour of the corporate interest instead of the public interest.

We have a polluted toxic planet as a result. Hundreds, if not thousands, of species, are gone or are going extinct. Not to mention, people are eating mass-produced processed food full of chemicals and artificial ingredients.

I was happy to hear Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg (criticizing) major countries for failing to protect the environment. I am surprised the oil companies and the corporatist media haven’t gone after her yet.

It is the government’s responsibility to set high standards and regulations to protect consumers and the environment from harm. Leaving everything up to the citizens in the interests of public choice is a pathetic cop-out that has proven to be a failure.

My message to the political leaders is to do your job or step aside and leave it for the next generation to clean up your mess.  

Alex Sangha