Is this Al Gore speaking?

The Beacon Herald

The current economic and political system is unsustainable and responsible for the huge degradation of the environment, says [some guy].

"Production for the sake of production and waste that's so common in the West is responsible for the destruction of the world. Here in North America we have to make decisions quickly. Do we want to have clean air and water? Do we want to be able to live or be able to just enrich our pockets?" he asks.

(Answer: The speaker is actually Canadian Marxist-Leninist candidate Julian Ichim.)