Ecological Crisis “Is Entirely the Fault of Capitalism”

The following letter was written by Dr. David Bowering, retired
Chief Medical Health Officer of Northern Health in British Columbia, in
response to a review of This Changes Everything in the November 2014
issue of the Literary Review of Canada. (Click here for a response from economist Peter Victor, as well as more context on the review, and here for a response from Greenpeace Canada’s Keith Stewart.)

I have recently retired from a long career in public health in
British Columbia. I must say that as I look “upstream” for the
antecedents of the current burden of chronic disease including diabetes
and heart disease along with mental health problems and addictions, I
have reached much the same conclusions about the pervasive adverse
effects of global corporatism as Naomi Klein.

Although I am new to this discussion and don’t know Mark Jaccard, I am dismayed by his belittling review of her book.

I think her arguments are deeper and better than his.