Or Maybe This One?

What is the Kyoto accord? We understood it was to be about global warming but we do not even say that in the throne speech. We say instead that it is about something much vaguer called climate change. It deals with, not as most Canadians believe, air pollution or controlling smog, but with so-called greenhouse gases, in particular with emissions of CO2, carbon dioxide, the breath of life, the gas used in respiration of plants and animals.

Stephen Harper, In The Commons, October 1, 2002.

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The Prime Minister Of Alberta

Getting it done, for his constituents, again.

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Dear Mr. Harper

Talk all you want about the environment. Go ahead, knock yourself out. Everyone knows you are lying anyway, so no one is listening.

Update: Robopundit nails it:

But what Harper and Dion share is a vested interest in an electorate too distracted, disengaged or disheartened to follow the bouncing ball from promise to policy, image to outcomes. Neither can withstand the scrutiny that was once a routine part of measuring government effectiveness.

Any meaningful difference in Canada's environmental performance under Liberals or Conservatives is in the eye of the partisan observer. Nineteen months into its mandate, this "new" government has yet to prove its any more committed than the old.

Never mind that the evidence of human irresponsibility is painfully evident in the melting ice cap and in the number of summer smog alerts. Limp Liberal programs and lip service have survived the government transition with just a Conservative twist.

That twist is all about definition. No one is likely to mistake Conservatives for Liberals except when they furrow brows over the planet and go slow on its protection.

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Chretienism Goes Global

And lo, did the Harper travel to the farthest reaches of the earth, and urge the unbelievers to lay down their Kyotos and follow him. The prophet, Susan Riley did predict this in her writings:

Today the prime minister is attending the APEC meeting in Australia, where he is expected to chart a middle course on climate change between doing little (Australia, United States) and doing something (Europe, the United Nations and China -- which is, inconveniently for Harper, voicing support for the Kyoto accord.) This third way involves pretending to do something, thereby satisfying mounting domestic concern without troubling our oil sector with hard targets, strict deadlines or adequate financial penalties.

Yay verily, the Harper is pointing the world toward a better future. He has seen the truth in Canada at work for 13 years and the Harper said, "It is good (sotto voce: for the oil sector)".

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Another Of Steve's "So Sue Me" Moments

I see Steve is determined to be taken to court over Kyoto, even as his own officials are telling him that Kyoto is hard but doable. I will leave it to readers to decide whether his psychotic majesty is showing leadership in this policy area.

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Baird Blowing Smoke

If John Baird thinks that he is going to get away with doing nothing on Kyoto, he is in for a big surprise. IP, you were right. This government's incompetence is just breathtaking.

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So Sue Me, Part 2

The Kyoto Bill, C-288 is going to pass. The Tories say they are just going to ignore it, other than to release a report saying why they are going to ignore it. Then they are going to sit back and let the courts decide whether or not the government actually has to do something else. Ah, leadership. Ain't it grand?

Update: Psycho Steve is doing his king imitation again. The payoff will come when the Supreme Court bitch slaps him. When that happens (there is no if, here) you can count on Steve to mutter darkly about "Liberal judges" to the rest of the rubber room crowd, otherwise known as the Tory base.

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