Ah yes, using Santa as a political tool - Granite Grok

Ah yes, using Santa as a political tool

And being close to the North Pole, Canada give us another reason to ignore them.  From an official Government of Canada website:

Santa is moving to the South Pole

What?

Thanks to rising global temperatures, rapidly melting Arctic ice and growing human operations in the North, Santa Claus has signed an agreement with the International community to relocate his village next year to operate in an exclusive zone in the South Pole.

So What?

Santa’s relocation agreement marks the first time that the international community agrees on a common legal definition of climate change that includes refugees as corporations, as well as individuals. This deal is expected to lead to the deployment of a global climate change refugee visa system that in the near future could help to more easily relocate individuals and corporations facing the impacts of climate change.

Umm, show us the treaty, dudes, eh?  So Justin Trudeau is now signing an official document with an imaginary person and his host of elves?  Tell me, too, who is in this other imaginary entity – the “international community”?  And how long did the environmental impact take?  What are the ramifications?  What about a carbon footprint now stamping into the pristine South Pole where there was none before?  Does Santa have to re-negotiate all of his airway agreements?  And nothing is said about new passports and how long it is going to take to ship an entire village down there?  Tell me, what is the power source for that – don’t think that renewables will stand up to the rigors down there, eh?

BTW, an important question: in order to have a legal property swap (assuming that Santa does own the North Pole site), who in the international community actually owns the South Pole that has the authority to give it away? Or is the international community about to snooker Santa a la the Brooklyn Bridge deal?

Hmm, the ramifications are huge?  Hey Justin, how big of a lump of coal can go into your house – screwing over Santa over a land deal might land you on the Naughty List for a good, long time.

 

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