noahbody Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 The best highlight of the summit, IMO, was how Harper, despite his previous statements about Kyoto being a "socialist money-sucking scheme," and his more recent admission that he will not be trying to meet its targets, decided to use our domestic partisan bickering as his excuse for the world to see instead of standing by his words and principals in front of those European backers of the "socialist money-sucking scheme."Now that's what I call a leader! Positioning Canada away from false commitment of the previous government was the only for Canada's voice to be relevant. How do you feel about the Chretien government signing the accord with no intention of meeting the targets? Quote
jbg Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Positioning Canada away from false commitment of the previous government was the only for Canada's voice to be relevant. How do you feel about the Chretien government signing the accord with no intention of meeting the targets? Do you have "proof" of that? Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Keepitsimple Posted June 7, 2007 Author Report Posted June 7, 2007 Do you have "proof" of that? Proof comes in many forms, the most damning of which is the reality that we accomplished almost nothing. Given that, I believe you might find this article from The Star to be quite supportive of the accusation that Chretien had no intention of meeting the targets: OTTAWA–Eddie Goldenberg, one of former prime minister Jean Chrétien's top aides, says the Liberals went ahead with the Kyoto Protocol on climate change even though they knew there was a good chance Canada wouldn't meet its goals for pollution reduction.In his speech, Goldenberg says even if the Chrétien government was ill prepared to follow through on its Kyoto commitment, signing the accord was vital to alert Canadians to the task of addressing climate change. "We knew that signing and ratifying Kyoto when we did was absolutely necessary to prepare public opinion for the actions that would have to come in the future," he says. "The signing of the Kyoto Accord in the face of vigorous opposition served to galvanize public opinion to bring it to where it is today in Canada. In the long run that will be far more important than whether we can meet all the short-term deadlines in the accord." Link: http://www.thestar.com/News/article/184982 Quote Back to Basics
jbg Posted June 7, 2007 Report Posted June 7, 2007 KIS - I guess he had to do something for his friends/relatives Maurice Strong and Paul Desmairis. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
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