The federal
government's announcement earlier this month is just the latest
action to further
diminish civil rights protections for transgender students and follows the February 2017 decision
by President Trump and the federal Departments of Education and Justice to rescind guidance that clarified federal legal protections for transgender students.
Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful
action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to
diminish.26 Similarly, research
by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for
action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some
actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy,
government support for clean energy research, or
actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.
Personally I think that the time has come for the Canadian public to focus a little more on the economics of a grossly expanding expectation of
government regulation of our
actions, and a dropping capacity on the part of the public to understand and interact with that regulation without a lawyer, followed
by a
diminished capacity to pay those lawyers (See the NSRLP — http://representingyourselfcanada.com/)