Harper Plan Will Strongly Link Canadian & US Climate "Policies"

[hatrack]

Yeah, that'll work out just great, won't it? :eyes:

OTTAWA - The Harper government is developing a major environmental plan that would involve stronger co-ordination with the United States on key aspects of air pollution and climate change policy, CanWest News Service has learned.

In a meeting with Alberta industry representatives last week, senior government officials delivered this message during an eight-slide presentation outlining the highlights of a comprehensive green plan expected to be announced next month. The officials from the office of Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and her department also discussed changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to allow federal ministers to transfer powers to the provinces to enforce regulations.

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Ryan Sparrow, a spokesperson from Ambrose's office, refused to comment on the details of the presentation, stressing the government was conducting consultations with important stake-holders and experts. But some groups who were not invited are concerned the closed-door consultations with hand-picked experts is flawed. ''They had all summer, they aren't consulting a lot because they can't consult and they won't say the format they've chosen, so I don't know how they will attain their objectives,'' said Hugo Seguin, spokesman for Equiterre, an Quebec-based environmental group. ''If they try to pull the trick of replacing a comprehensive plan or measures with a strategy where there are only vague objectives. It won't be serious. They will wind up getting decapitated.''

The Sierra Club of Canada is also sounding alarm bells over the possibility of co-ordinating Canadian policy on air quality and climate change with that of President George W. Bush's administration in the United States.

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http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=8e439ece-2b80-442a-8198-f6d48e424d1f&k=16784

[Benhurst]

1. OK, Canadians, it's time to

flush :hurts: Harper and his corporate crooks.

[phantom power]

2. That's just ducky.

:banghead: