O’ Canada, where have you gone? 1
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Posted 1:25 PM on 3 May 2006
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Seems Canadians who thought they were so different from their southern neighbors have to take another look at what their new government just proposed to do to Canada's climate funding. Going south, so to speak.
Geoff Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. He blogs here and at New Security Beat on environment, population, and security issues.
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dreadsword Posted 6:12 am
03 May 2006
Ah! Good to see that the new conservative government is asserting itself; unfortunate that its doing so by massively hacking green program budgets, withdrawing support for wind power and other alternative energy initiatives, and generally toe-ing the US line on prioritizing economic development over unquantifiable environmental savings.
Canada has the potential to be an environmental hero, but under conservative stewardship, I can't help but think were headed down the villainous path. With the Alberta oil sands pouring massive amounts of money into the federal and Alberta provincial government (the Conservative heartland), I'm guessing that there will be little political will to try and find energy alternatives, or wean the country from oil. As the global demand for oil continues to rise, its Alberta/Conservative proxied influence in Canadian politics will continue to rise as well.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060413.wxclimate13/BNStory/National/home
http://www.sustainabilityzone.com
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