When the last tree has been cut down,The last fish caught,The last river poisoned,Only then will we realize one cannot eat money.

Canada, the most affluent of countries, operates on a depletion economy which leaves destruction in its wake. Your people are driven by a terrible sense of deficiency. When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.

When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.