The Editor:
Re: Keith Baldrey: Conspiracy theories tarnish Poilievre’s shiny rebranding bid (Aug. 14, 2023)
In a recent column, Global journalist Keith Baldrey accuses Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre of pandering to "conspiracy theorists" by questioning the motives of the jet-setting Karens who attend the World Economic Forum.
Baldrey knows that "conspiracy theorist" is a pejorative term for people who hold strong opinions despite much evidence to the contrary. It is notable that physicist Dr. John F. Clauser, a joint recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, has recently criticized the climate emergency narrative calling it "a dangerous corruption of science that threatens the world's economy and the well-being of billions of people." To be clear, Prof. Clauser is not claiming that a global warming problem does not exist; he's pointing out that pseudo-science and collective hysteria do not contribute to a solution. Would Baldrey similarly accuse the Nobel Laureate of scoring points with conspiracy theorists?
- Sterling Sunley, Anmore
