Both were powerful figures in their own parties, and both approved. The new Environment Act and Solid Waste Strategy sailed serenely through the legislature. As Churchill once said, this is not the end, or even the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning. We have every right to be proud. The big lessons here, though, are not about waste, but about democracy.
Politicians tend to be fearful of offending voters, but the citizens fear nobody.
And while the electoral system makes politicians into adversaries, shared problems and projects make citizens into collaborators. The power of that consensus generated a change which is literally the envy of the world. But there must be a way. We'll elect the crowd with the best plan for getting us there. Nova Scotians can do big things.