Canadian environmental activist David Suzuki is allegedly under fire for comparing arguments for the oilsands to slavery. To be precise, what he says is that to argue that imposing a price on carbon will reduce jobs is akin to arguments used by 19th century slavers who opposed abolition. I found it an apt and clever analogy until my people told me I shouldn’t. Black Twitter isn’t happy.
Environmental activist David Suzuki addresses the media before musician Neil Young’s “Honor The Treaties” concert series at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 16, 2014. Young is touring to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation aboriginal group, which is trying to prevent the expansion of tar sands development. REUTERS/Trevor Hagan (CANADA – Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT ENERGY SOCIETY) – CREDIT: Trevor Hagan/Reuters
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