Conservatives stop funding to Canadian global warming groups

[Montgomery Burns]

Ottawa stops funding One Tonne Challenge:

The new Conservative government in Ottawa has abruptly stopped funding groups across the country that have been promoting the One Tonne Challenge, the quirky program to persuade Canadians to do their bit to help the environment by cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

The Conservatives are also reviewing about 100 other climate-change programs set up by the previous Liberal government.

Boy. Talk about taking a dump in the enviromentalist's cereal bowl.

The One Tonne Challenge is likely the best known of the dozens of federal government efforts to fight global warming. It has been heavily publicized through television ads featuring comedian Rick Mercer as pitch man for a program that urged people to drive less, turn down their thermostats and take other steps to forestall climate change.

[...]Environmentalists are worried that the new government, which they perceive as being hostile toward actions on climate change, is poised to slash global warming projects set up by the Liberals. The Liberals pledged about $1.1-billion to fight climate change from 2000 to early 2006.[...]

[...]Public servants working on climate-change programs are being audited by the Environment Commissioner for a report that is expected in September. There is speculation inside government that the audit's release will provide the Conservatives with the political justification to cut spending in that area.[...]

Looks like we're going to hear about more Liberal corruption.

I'm liking this govt more and more...especially when I see photos like this.

[geoffrey]

Yup, this I agree with.

Rick Mercer out on a street corner begging us to cut one tonne of emissions from our lives was the Liberal government's entire Kyoto plan. So maybe we'll actually do something now that deal with real environmental issues, instead of funding Russia to clean its air and keeping Mercer employed (hence lowering the Newfoundland unemployment rate... ziiinggg).

[Hicksey]

Me too.

The commercials were useless. With current energy prices people are lowering consumption because they can't afford it--Rick Mercer's annoying One Tonne Challenge spots had nothing to do with it.