And for voters in Quebec and BC…
“Canada has one target and we all share the responsibility to work together and fulfill our obligations under Kyoto,’’ Ambrose said in her speech. ``Let there be no doubt, Canada remains strongly committed to the UN process; Canada remains firmly committed to Kyoto.’’ bloomberg
If there is one reason not to vote for the Tories in the next election it is their dithering on Kyoto. There was some hope that, on election, Harper and Co would have driven a stake through the great waste of time and resources Kyoto represents. To do that they would have had to patiently explain why Kyoto was a very bad idea, why CO2 reduction is, at best, an expensive solution to a problem which may not, in fact, exist and why such a diversion of resources would, necessarily, mean that simple initiatives like the funding of micro-loans or the provision of clean water would have to be put on the backburner.
Had the Tories the wit of a rock they would have actually campaigned against the junk science and lousy economics of the treaty and crafted a response to the actual costs of pollution which could have been stacked up against the vague and largely ignored “commitments” under Kyoto.
Instead we are treated to Ms. Ambrose riding the fence: unwilling to acknowledge that Kyoto has not the slightest chance of actually doing anything about CO2 emissions but forced to pander to the Green (and Euro) fantasies of the Quebec and British Colombia electorates.
Apparently the alternative of pointing to the inconvenient truth that virtually all of the Kyoto hysteria is premised on doubtful science and economic illiteracy is just too difficult to actually contemplate.
“If there is one reason not to vote for the Tories in the next election it is their dithering on Kyoto.”
Another good reason not to vote Tory is the amount of cash they’re currently hosing down Quebec with right now in an attempt to buy votes. Wasn’t electing Harper supposed to put an end to this sort of behavior?
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Stomping on Kyoto would have been fine if it had been done before the opposition had marshalled its forces, Jack had his 15 seconds in the camera’s lights, and the bamboozling ecology report hadn’t come out of England. But all this did happen so, in the end, the best that CPC could do was to:
1. Lay back and let Jack & Co do the dirty work for them on the constructs of the EnviroBill.
2. Co-opt Jack and the Libs into the Bill, if only to shut them up long-term.
3. Get an inch of mileage out of saying the CPC respects Kyoto … at least the principles.
There’s not enough energy available in the world to educate Canadians in the finer points of “doing the right thing”, “principles”, honesty, and preparing for the future. THAT is the challenge of any Canadian government, not only the CPC one. Thus Liberals use unprincipled “feel good” messages and do nothing. Worked for 12 years. And since the NDP will NEVER for a federal government … they can say any mendacious thing that pops into Jack’s tiny little mind.