Blue Green Canada is a leading organisation, uniting the country’s working unions and environmental bodies in a bid to reach viable compromises that will see Canada take a greener stance on issues such as energy consumption. A report released by Canada’s Blue Green organisation in November 2012 states that if the government funding that is currently being used to subsidise the oil & gas industry was redirected towards developing the energy sector, it would create a greater number of renewable energy jobs than it would with the same level of investment in the non-renewable sector. In terms of figures, the estimated $1.3 billion per year of Canadian taxpayers’ money could produce 2,300 jobs in the oil & gas industry, or 20,000 jobs in the energy sector. That’s eight times as many jobs for the same amount of investment.
In the current economic climate where there are job shortages in many countries across the world, the creation of new renewable energy jobs will surely meet with great appreciation. It would also see a spur in the development of renewable energy sources, which would be a giant step forward for us becoming a greener planet.If Canada was to take the $1.3 billion that it currently uses to subsidise the fossil fuel industry annually & put it into the development of renewable energy jobs instead, this is likely to result in job cuts for the oil & gas industry & at the same time, leave a shortage of labour in a rapidly expanding renewable sector. The phrase ‘don’t run before you can walk’ seems applicable here. The workforce for the potential boom in renewable energy jobs hasn’t completed its training yet.Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7433899
