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Mobina Jaffer

The Hon. Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Q.C., LL.B. Senator Mobina Jaffer, named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2005, was appointed to the Senate by the Rt. Honourable Jean Chrétien in 2001. She represents the province of British Columbia.

A quick thought about the climate change debate

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Published by Senator Grant Mitchell on 09 October 2009

There are very few who will actually admit that they don’t believe that climate change is occurring. Perhaps this is because there is so much obvious evidence that it is: melting ice caps, violent storms, changes in the weather, rising water, etc. But there are still those who will say that climate change is occurring but that it is not due to human activity.

It strikes me that if they really believe that then they better hope they are wrong. Because if human activity is not causing climate change, then we have no hope of fixing it.


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