- Spector attacks Ignatieff for McGuinty's defence to the G&M attack on Ignatieff - Shame on You Norman

Dear Prime Minister, Norman Spector, November 27, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/spector-vision/dear-prime-minister/article1379729/ Tab 9



Norman Spector has once again demonstrated his extreme bias towards Harper and the Con's. One wonders whether he gets paid by Harper for his writing efforts. I can't imagine the Globe and Mail paying for this, well actually I can, they have gone to extremes to find someone like Spector.

It also shows the kind of distortion and deliberate muddying of the waters, without any consideration for the truth, for which Harper and the Con's are so famous.

Ignatieff's position as set out in Quebec City the other day is to keep Global Warming within two degrees. It is Global Warming that is the problem and it is about time someone took the rational approach and laid out the basic strategy to do what it takes to reduce Warming. To achieve this end he stated that ...

We will set 1990 - not 2006 - as the base line and set differentiated targets for developing countries.

The government would create a binding and verifiable cap-and-trade system - with hard caps leading to absolute reductions - that is fair to all regions and industries, and compatible with other systems for international carbon trading.

A Liberal government would set an ambitious target of quadrupling Canada’s production of renewable energy by Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, and promote energy efficiency through new transit systems, high-speed rail, and ”smart” electrical grids.

Mr. Ignatieff also proposed a single Clean Energy Act that would adopt the toughest vehicle emissions standards in North America and outlined strategies to protect our air, water, forests and Arctic.

See:
http://www.liberal.ca/en/newsroom/media-releases/16979_michael-ignatieff-presents-liberal-environment-climate-change-and-clean-energy-jobs-plan;
and,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/23201281/Highlights-of-a-Liberal-plan-for-the-environment-climate-change-and-clean-energy-jobs

At the time the Globe and Mail attacked Ignatieff for being vague about the 1990 base line. Everybody knows why Ignatieff would choose the 1990 base-line - it is the objective standard that has been used since Kyoto; and, why Harper and the Con's chose a 2006 baseline - to obscure and muddy the waters in an effort to blur the fact that Harper doesn't want to do anything about Global Warming in case it offended the Con's and their supporters, Canada and the World be damned.

McGuinty explains that without having access to the relevant information that is only available to the Government, how can you come up with hard numbers. And, we can be certain that Harper and the Con's will not be releasing any such information.

McGuinty points out one of those "dark corners" of out current Government and what does Spector do, Shine light on it as his fearless leader "Harper" has declared. No, Spector attacks Ignatieff for McGuinty's defence to the G&M attack on Ignatieff.

Great job Spector! Just want Canada needs Globe and Mail!

Lloyd MacIlquham cicblog.com/comments.html