There isn't any urgency to address global warming in the new legistlation. The focus for any immediate or near term action is only on smog, and not the general emissions that cause global warming. We waited and we stalled until global warming became evident [as it is now] and then the politicians say "we cannot possibly meet those targets" and then continue with business as usual. It is disasterous.
The Tory legistlation will focus on your cars emissions and let 'heavy industry' continue to emit the 45megatonnes of greenhouse gasses per year that they do now, and let that figure GROW as well.
Most Canadians see global warming as the biggest threat to our way of life, and the future we leave for our grandchildren. Terrorism is far less dangerous - global warming will directly affect all 7 Billion people of planet earth.
There is nothing in this farcical legistlation to address those concerns.
Pushing back targets as far as 2050 before reductions are mandated is ridiculous. We might as well do nothing at all by then , as the worst effects of climate change and extreme weather events WILL hit us before that date!!!
"More consultations with industry" is a large part of this announcement. That phrase really means "STALLING". Thats really what the Harper government is trying to do with this legistlation, and that should be very very obvious to all Canadians concerned with global warming.
And of course, since an election is widely expected next spring, any legistlation not passed before then will be scuttled, dead, gone. Heavy industry will not have to worry about cutting emissions for a long long time under the Harper government. And even when those far-away dates come to be, those industries will just break the rules and continue emitting the GGs. - BECAUSE THIS DOCUMENT HAS NO ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES.
The Tories are also bringing up the oil industry's favorite farce, and thing called "Emissions intensity" measurements, which calculate the economic values of the industry that is producing the emissions and letting them emit more GGs on that basis, {i.e. -the more profits the more emissions are tolerated]
Its a farce, catering to the Elite corporate sector that has supported PM Harper so far. I just cannot believe that the Tories still have 33% of the our popular support when the Tories are doing so much for their Elites friends and nothing to address average Canadians concerns.
The Tory legistlation will focus on your cars emissions and let 'heavy industry' continue to emit the 45megatonnes of greenhouse gasses per year that they do now, and let that figure GROW as well.
Most Canadians see global warming as the biggest threat to our way of life, and the future we leave for our grandchildren. Terrorism is far less dangerous - global warming will directly affect all 7 Billion people of planet earth.
There is nothing in this farcical legistlation to address those concerns.
Pushing back targets as far as 2050 before reductions are mandated is ridiculous. We might as well do nothing at all by then , as the worst effects of climate change and extreme weather events WILL hit us before that date!!!
"More consultations with industry" is a large part of this announcement. That phrase really means "STALLING". Thats really what the Harper government is trying to do with this legistlation, and that should be very very obvious to all Canadians concerned with global warming.
And of course, since an election is widely expected next spring, any legistlation not passed before then will be scuttled, dead, gone. Heavy industry will not have to worry about cutting emissions for a long long time under the Harper government. And even when those far-away dates come to be, those industries will just break the rules and continue emitting the GGs. - BECAUSE THIS DOCUMENT HAS NO ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES.
The Tories are also bringing up the oil industry's favorite farce, and thing called "Emissions intensity" measurements, which calculate the economic values of the industry that is producing the emissions and letting them emit more GGs on that basis, {i.e. -the more profits the more emissions are tolerated]
Its a farce, catering to the Elite corporate sector that has supported PM Harper so far. I just cannot believe that the Tories still have 33% of the our popular support when the Tories are doing so much for their Elites friends and nothing to address average Canadians concerns.