tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275899608838562886.post8018421498922042189..comments2023-11-02T04:11:57.365-04:00Comments on Canadians Without Borders: Part 5: Climate Change PolicyDeborah Coynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14305681060776232329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275899608838562886.post-77280034477027010102009-09-06T22:07:48.183-04:002009-09-06T22:07:48.183-04:00By "climate change" I assume you mean ma...By "climate change" I assume you mean man-made global warming? Then why use manipulative language? <br /><br />Fact is, that there is no evidence for man-made global warming. None whatsoever. I would like to know which documents you are using to substantiate your claims.<br /><br />Cap and trade is a phony economy rife with corruption.<br /><br />Carbon taxes are just Watermelon taxes. Green on the outside, red on the inside. They are just a proxy for wealth redistribution.<br /><br />"And Mr. Harper’s leadership on the issue is anything but bold"<br /><br />I disagree. Mr.Harper almost single handedly defeated Kyoto. The Liberals would have eagerly enslaved Canadians to second and third world countries through Kyoto. That's something you can choose to do for yourself, but to force Canadians in general to work their butts off only to have their hard earned money shifted offshore is reprehensible.<br /><br />"Mr. Harper silenced any intelligent discussion during the last election"<br /><br />Can you be more specific? How, exactly, did he silence anyone? Was is through intimidation? Or was it that his antagonists lost the argument?<br /><br />"The federal government is so missing in action that Ontario and Quebec have now joined Manitoba and British Columbia to extend caps on CO2 emissions beyond large industrial emitters as part of the California-led Western Climate Initiative."<br /><br />In other words, the provinces didn't need outside interference from the Federal Government. The provinces are actually capable of autonomous actions without having their hands held by interfering Federalists.<br /><br />"Talk about fiddling while Rome burns."<br /><br />This must be an example of hyperbole?<br /><br />" Canada has lost all credibility on climate change not just in North America, but also on the global stage."<br /><br />Harper has been instrumental in developing a consensus that "climate change", to use your misleading phrase, must be a global initiative. He has brought many around to his way of thinking. Hardly the sign of someone who has lost credibility.<br /><br />"If we finally succeed in having an intelligent debate over a carbon pricing system initiated by the federal government, lessons will be learned"<br /><br />How can you expect to have an intelligent debate when you've already decided that man-made global warming exists without clear evidence of such? That's where the debate needs to start, otherwise you're just pandering to rent-seeking "green" industries and looting taxpayers.johndoe124https://www.blogger.com/profile/08299874399390216898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275899608838562886.post-72850854695634860362009-06-22T11:11:20.922-04:002009-06-22T11:11:20.922-04:00Jim Prentice, Canada’s Minister of the Environment...Jim Prentice, Canada’s Minister of the Environment has said that Canada might not impose limits on greenhouse gas emissions until 2016. This is simply preposterous. It makes a mockery of this government’s pledge to cut emissions to 20% below 2005 levels by 2020. It is also hypocritical. This government argued that they could not meet their Kyoto Protocol targets due to the inaction of their predecessors. They argued that the short time left before the deadline would require them to simply shut down Canadian industry and services to homes. Of course, dallying until 2016 would put whatever government was in charge then in an even tighter bind.<br /><br />In order to meet this government’s 2020 target, Canadian emissions will need to fall by about 170 million tonnes over the next eleven years: a task equivalent to making the entire province of Alberta carbon neutral. Obviously, waiting until 2016 to begin dooms the project to failure. That ignores the fact that even the 20% target is insufficiently ambitious, when you consider the risks associated with different global emissions pathways and the fact that rich, developed states must lead the way on the transition to low- and zero-carbon sources of energy.<br /><br />The idea that we could do nothing substantial for another seven years is an affront to ethics, good sense, Canada’s international obligations, and our reputation as good global citizens.Milanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677497972102221231noreply@blogger.com