- Harper and the Con's - What a Bunch Of Redacts

Comments on: CTV News
Harper rejects plea to put climate change on G20 agenda, May 12, 2010. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press)
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100512/UN-chief-environment-G20-100512/20100512?hub=QPeriod

Harper and the Con's "will not make climate change a priority agenda item when it hosts the G20 summit next month."

Does this mean that Harper is acknowledging that his position on Global Warming is a serious embarrassment for Canad on the International scene and so has decided to spare us the humiliation when World attention is focused on Canada during the G20. Thanks, Steve, I'm sure all Canadians are very grateful.

On the other hand, that does not mean that the other 19 countries can't take the opportunity to emphasis their disapproval of Harper position on Global Warming.

But, will the World understand that 'Canada's position on Global Warming' is the view of a minority of right wing extremists with their political base in the Tar sands of Alberta and not that of Canadians as a whole.

Not likely, I have a lot of trouble understanding this, so how can we expect the rest of the world to understand it.

Then of course there is the 'Theo-Con' position of Canada on International family planning. Who Internationally will understand that Canada is not a religious state comparable to Iran. That Canada's policies ought to be based on rational considerations based on the facts and for the good of all, not emotionalism and the religious beliefs of a few.

Again, not likely, I have a lot of trouble understanding this, so how can we expect the rest of the world to understand it.

"Where abortion is legal, it should be safe." Now that's something that people can understand.

"Soudas said the government is focused on a post-2012 climate framework once Kyoto expires. He said the previous Liberal government 'never had a plan to implement it.'

If I recall the Liberals did have a plan to implement Kyoto, however it was based on co-operation, especially from Alberta and tar sands participants, of which there was none forthcoming. In fact it was, and still is, quite the opposite.

On the other hand, there was not the will amongst Canadians to make its enforcement a priority. One need only recall the national Energy Policy by Pierre Trudeau in the late '70's and the reaction by Albertans - this is still a call-to-arms regarding Global Warming issues.

The political fallout of enforcing Kyoto was great, the political will by Canadians small.

Everyone that believes in Federalism and a united Canada should be very grateful the Liberals did not take steps to enforce Kyoto. Harper has spent most of his political career dedicated to tearing Canada asunder and there is no more diverse issue, except perhaps transfer payments and Health-Care - we shall see. Certainly he was just hoping the Liberals would try to enforce it. If the Liberals were extremist like the Cons and had an in-your face, my-way-or-the-highway leader like Harper, Canada would exist right now only only history, or worse.

Quite simply, 'very likely' generally Canadians were not aware of the significance of Global Warming and the importance of taking action now. It was not until the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conference in '07 and its Global media coverage that focused our attention. Prior to that it was some vague unproven environmentalist, do-gooders pet-peeve, that might occur long in the future, would cost large amounts of money and disruption of industry to address, and besides Canada only contributes less then 2%. So, let someone else deal with it.

(see for example: Global Warming "Very Likely" Caused by Humans, World Climate Experts Say, John Roach for National Geographic News, February 2, 2007
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-global-warming.html)


Something that would help to reveal Harper and the Con's for what they are, is Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin speaking out and explaining exactly what his approach was and why, for the sake of Canada, our future and the futures of our children and our children's children.

Stephen Harper and the Cons, with their die-hard core of supporters that are based in Alberta and rooted in the Oil Industry, and the source of their impressive funding, played on these feelings, and still do.

Stephen Harper and the Cons fought any action to implement Kyoto tooth and nail and incited, and still incite, people in Alberta to do the same. Their obstructionist approach increased the political fallout and lead to the Liberals taking the middle road. Now they are saying the Liberals didn't do anything. What a bunch of redacts and they are running this country. God help us.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html