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#CANADA: Stepping back from the German (BAN CARS ON WEEKENDS) Green brink. Conrad Black, National Post

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

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#CANADA: Stepping back from the German (BAN CARS ON WEEKENDS) Green brink. Conrad Black, National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-5
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0:00.0

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0:09.1

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0:26.7

you listen to podcasts. This is CBS, I on the world. I'm John Bachelor. I welcome my colleague Conrad Black,

0:40.8

a distinguished biographer writing for the National Post about green, about climate change,

0:46.0

about the revelations of policies around the world that may or may not be coming Conrad's way to Canada and I find a surprise in his

0:56.0

explication of how other countries are thinking of green.

1:00.1

Conrad a very good evening to you I want to make certain I read correctly the German

1:06.1

government is weighing the banning of driving on weekends is that accurate good

1:12.4

evening to you con

1:13.7

uh... good evening to you john i'm afraid it is accurate

1:17.0

now uh... the you may imagine that well the Germans are by

1:21.9

uh... american and even Canadian standards that people accustomed to

1:26.7

regimentation and not much inclined to protest at minor infringements of their personal liberties.

1:36.0

Even at that in Germany there is an outcry that no democratically elected government can ignore.

1:44.4

So, you know, I, I, whether it will ever actually be imposed or not,

1:50.0

I have my doubts about that but it is under discussion under vigorous discussion and

1:57.3

you know the you see these demonstrations by mainly young people in different European countries

2:04.5

complaining that the political leadership is not acting quickly enough to

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