Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 12/06/2009 8:31:38 AM PST by opentalk
The Canadian government says it will be following Barack Obama's lead at next week's Copenhagen climate summit – and will propose to do no more, no less.
In a speech to a Montreal business audience Friday, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Canada's policy for cutting greenhouse gases would be in lockstep with the United States.
He also brushed off critics of his government's climate-change positions, saying he will stick to his convictions despite international pressure at Copenhagen.
He cited two reasons why Canada would need to twin its policies with the United States: It would “suffer economic pain for no real environmental gain” if it took a more aggressive approach, he said. On the other hand, it would face punitive measures if it did less.
“Given the integration of our two economies it is essential our targets remain in line – not more, not less,” Mr. Prentice said.
“It all comes down to jobs.”
But critics say such an approach could be a licence to do nothing.
While Mr. Obama has set greenhouse-gas targets, there's no guarantee he will succeed in getting Congress to approve his climate-change plans.
One international critic has even called Canada the biggest obstacle to any deal being reached in Copenhagen.
Mr. Prentice said that's not true.
“Canada wants to achieve, at Copenhagen, a new agreement,” he said.
“That is our policy, that is what we have been working towards for the last year. We want to be constructive at the table, we want to see an agreement – an agreement is in Canada's interests.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
The dumb leading the blind.
The scam is these socialist crap weasels(Obama, Rudd, Brown and Harper) were all depending on Hoax-N—Haaaagen to be able to tax the crap out of the people that live in their countries. So is our dear reader going to stand up before the world and lie? What will that do to his little remaining credibility?
The simple fact is the science of global warming was as big a lie before the emails were leaked, as it is after the emails got leak. The only thing that changes is now there is proof of the lies.
This is also from Post and mail:
UN climate chief optimistic about Copenhagen deal
"Obama's decision to meet with other leaders bodes well, says head of climate change secretariat on eve of opening of two-week summit "
He will try to bring US into the scheme and lie.
Yep, that the type of character you expect from an Indonesian — None.
correction GLOBE and Mail
We'll do whatever the U.S. does. Some convictions...
"If we do more than the U.S., we will suffer economic pain for no real environmental gain -- economic pain that could impede our ability to invest in new, clean technologies and other innovative solutions to climate change," Mr. Prentice said in a Montreal speech Friday. "But if we do less, we will risk facing new border barriers into the American market."
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