dvsuk.net

And the question:

Dear Friends,

I am writing to ask for your support in my campaign for CBC Television’s Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister. After watching my video platform, and considering the contents of this letter, I hope that you will help me advance in the competition by creating a CBC.ca member account, leaving a comment and a five-star rating on my candidacy page, and finally, forwarding this message along to as many people as you can.

Canadians want our country to be economically prosperous and environmentally responsible. I hope that my – no, OUR campaign – will help our real politicians come together and confront the interconnected issues of energy, the economy, and the environment head-on.

Our economy is being torn in two. A strong oil & gas sector has created thousands of jobs and generated billions in tax revenue. Meanwhile, the manufacturing sector is struggling to cope with the high cost of energy and the often over-valued Canadian dollar. At the same time, Canada and its provinces have reached a near impasse on Climate Change. In the absence of Federal leadership, provinces have implemented a patchwork of approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that is ultimately unlikely to be successful.

Because the oil & gas and manufacturing sectors are concentrated in certain provinces, these interconnected issues have the potential to manifest as divisive debates on national unity. Politicians – calculating the political risks of entering a debate with dissonant regional overtones – refuse to confront these challenges as a package. You and I know, though, that these problems won’t go away just because we ignore them! It’s time that Canada’s political leaders mobilize our tradition of cooperation and compromise to negotiate a comprehensive and effective integrated policy on energy, the economy, and the environment.

To hear more, take a look at my video at http://www.cbc.ca/nextprimeminister/candidates/davidsuk.html. Or send me a question at pm@dvsuk.net. Then, help me bring these issues to a wider audience by leaving a comment and a five-star rating for my video.

Sincerely,

David Suk
pm@dvsuk.net

Please remember to go to comment on and rate my video HERE, on CBC’s site. You will have to create a CBC.ca member account first.