Harper is a Climate Change Pretender!

Canada gets failing grade on climate report card

I will be the first to say that the Liberals under Chretien and Martin certainly did not show much visible progress on the Climate file other than ratifying Kyoto.

But intensity targets? INTENSITY TARGETS!!!???

Does everyone understand what that means? It means that as long as the pollution per GDP stays below a certain target number we can pat ourselves on the back for doing something to fight Global Warming.

Seems good right? Except that it is a plain lie. Under that scheme if the economy continues to grow the total emissions could increase and then we (Canada) will have actually emitted more greenhouse gases and done NOTHING to help the environment.

Kyoto made it clear, cut total emissions below 1990 levels, period.

The Harper government as climate change good guys is a sad, sad fraud perpetrated on the Canadian people. Don't let it fool you! They want to have their cake and eat it too.

It is likely that the economy must give a little so that we can all continue to live on this planet, and I believe that industry can and will innovate to find profitable ways to reduce total emissions. It can be done, it must be done, and we can do it.

A.L.