tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post2361848385650741994..comments2023-09-22T06:22:50.820-06:00Comments on Ken Chapman: John Baird Better Get Busykenchapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11384045981190810115noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-15378002864117726802007-01-16T17:05:00.000-07:002007-01-16T17:05:00.000-07:00It is the federal CONS that bought the emission tr...It is the federal CONS that bought the emission trading most recently... buying "off-sets" for travel, hmmm might be a sincere idea... but why from NJ why not in Canada?<br /><br />Forget CO2 for the moment, guys... have you always lived indoors? Always in a City? Anyone who camps or hunts or fishes in Alberta has to be seeing environmental degradation... this is about more than CO2 it is about finding better ways to make money AND keep our air, land and water as clean as possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-6381524147938921912007-01-15T15:44:00.000-07:002007-01-15T15:44:00.000-07:00Dion applies a very much old-school command-and-co...Dion applies a very much old-school command-and-control top-down approach to governing, at least when it relates to the environment.<br /><br />I heard him speak in Calgary on Friday. He seems earnest. And he did attempt to portray a "carrot-and-not-just-a-stick" approach. But to my mind, the stick was more in evidence. When confronted by an honest comment talking about evidence of ocean temperatures decreasing and the amount of CO2 being released relative to other gases, he glossed over that and went back to his prepared script.<br /><br />I'm sorry, but I just can't take seriously anyone who truly believes that an "emissions-trading" market is going to create wealth AND help the environment. It may do some of the former (more like transfer wealth than create it) and will do nothing for the latter. To me, talk of emissions-trading is very analogous to the hype of the internet mania of the late 1990's (counting number of "eyeballs" and such). Sending money to such paragons of democratic virtue as Russia in order to buy your way out of limiting CO2 emissions - yes, it is as silly as it sounds.<br /><br />In this case, I do not believe a bad plan is preferable to no plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-39245409922293231002007-01-15T14:09:00.000-07:002007-01-15T14:09:00.000-07:00Baird's job is to do nothing on the environment an...Baird's job is to do nothing on the environment and to blame the Chretien government for all of the environments problems. He will try to neutralize the issue by blaming the Liberals and hoping no one notices the absence of a CON plan.<br /><br />He is a robo-partisan not a policy wonk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-78988922927294294562007-01-15T12:51:00.000-07:002007-01-15T12:51:00.000-07:00This Liberal agenda has nothing to do with the goo...This Liberal agenda has nothing to do with the good of the environment.<br />Ignorant politicians are dangerous to the public and John Baird should not listen to the polls when comes to doing what needs doing.In this case at least.Global warming is not new and was the cause of "The great famine" of the middle ages which killed millions and had nothing to do with man made ozone thining pollutants or greenhouse gases.<br />Get a brain to go with that educationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com