Al Gore fits this mold pretty well too. Steve On Oct 14, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Arthur Cordell wrote:
> > The two Suzukis: There’s Saint Suzuki, the one you see on CBC, and Secret > Suzuki, the capitalist millionaire > > · Oct. 11, 2013 > · original > • > There are two David Suzukis. > > Most of us know one of the Suzukis. Let’s call him Saint Suzuki. That’s the > Suzuki whose TV show on the CBC constantly lectures us about our lifestyle. > He says we need to consume less, buy less and use less fossil fuels. > > But then there’s another Suzuki. Let’s call him Secret Suzuki, because he’s > far less well-known. > > Secret Suzuki is the one who lives on Vancouver’s elite Point Grey Road, on a > double lot, overlooking English Bay, right above the exclusive Kitsilano > Yacht Club. The City of Vancouver assesses the land value alone at over $8 > million. And that’s just one of Secret Suzuki’s properties. > > He has another million-dollar home in Vancouver. And then there’s another > home on Quadra Island. That’s three homes right there, if you count the > double lot on Point Grey Road as just one property. > > But then there’s his large property holdings on Nelson Island. What’s so > fascinating about that one is that he co-owns the property with an oil > company, Kootenay Oil Distributors Ltd. They don’t plan to drill for oil > together. It’s a beautiful tourist spot — maybe perfect for a nice big condo > development. > > Of course, there’s nothing wrong with co-owning any property along with an > oil company. But isn’t Saint Suzuki against fossil fuel companies — > especially oil companies? > > Saint Suzuki tells us that the world is desperately overcrowded, that we’re > overpopulated, and that we’re going to run out of things. > > But in his own life, Secret Suzuki has five children. > > There’s nothing wrong with having five children. It’s a blessing. But then > why does he think other people should have fewer kids? > > Saint Suzuki rails against corporations and profits. He even gave a > well-received anti-capitalist speech at the Occupy Vancouver protest. > > But Secret Suzuki himself has several corporations. One of them, the David > Suzuki Foundation, took in a whopping $9 million last year and has $12 > million in assets. More than 10 million of that is invested in stocks and > bonds. > > Saint Suzuki despises lobbyists, and says they have a disproportionate > control of political power in Ottawa. But Secret Suzuki himself has nine paid > lobbyists registered in Ottawa’s lobbyist registry. Not one. Nine. > > Saint Suzuki despises politicians, and says they can’t be trusted. Secret > Suzuki starred in a Liberal party TV ad along with former Ontario premier > Dalton McGuinty. > > Saint Suzuki says corporations have to be less obsessed by profits, and do > more for the public good. They need to especially think of the interests of > the next generation, our children. > > But Secret Suzuki has made a tidy profit off young people. His standard > speaking fee at universities in Canada is $30,000 plus expenses. He billed > Quebec’s John Abbott College a cool $41,000 to visit them. > > Saint Suzuki speaks in the language of tolerance and equality and liberalism > — utterly politically correct. > > But Secret Suzuki engages in conduct that should cause feminists to raise an > eyebrow. When he visited John Abbott College, his assistant called with > special requests to go along with his speaking fee. Here is an internal > e-mail from the college’s Mary Milburn: “We have learned, via Dr. Suzuki’s > assistant, that although the Dr. does not like to have bodyguards per se, he > does not mind having a couple of ladies (females) that would act as body > guards.” The college’s Jim Anderson got involved in selecting the coeds, too: > “Please be certain that the women are nicely dressed, we don’t want them in > evening gowns, but definitely NOT Police Tech uniforms.” All of this bizarre > selection of girls, dressed just so, was the result of Secret Suzuki’s > special request. If he were a conservative, he’d be called a dirty old man. > But he’s a saint. So the college went along with it. > > David Suzuki is not a criminal. But he is not a saint. He’s a real man — a > capitalist millionaire, a politician, a man with a staff of lobbyists, a > prolific father, a wealthy landlord. If only he’d stop scolding the rest of > us for aspiring to do the same. > > Original URL: > > http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/10/11/the-two-suzukis-theres-saint-suzuki-the-one-you-see-on-cbc-and-secret-suzuki-the-capitalist-millionaire > > Share/export > Did this article display correctly? Yes No > > > > > __,_._,___ > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@lists.uwaterloo.ca > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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