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Canada is burning, so why is our national pension fund still heavily into fossil fuels?
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The climate crisis is bad for the economy. Any "fiscal conservative" concern-trolling about "not wanting to hurt the economy" by addressing the climate crisis is either a denier or a liar. They just want to keep on living their lavish, irresponsible lifestyles on their children's dime.
These pension fund investments are just one vehicle for propping up their grotesquely unsustainable system until they die and can foot us with the bill.