Monday, April 23, 2007

Double McGuinty Smackdown

This was sweet: (QP, Hansard - Friday, April 20, 2007)


Mr. David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, now the country knows that the Minister of the Environment is trying to scare Canadians with a report based on bogus assumptions and extreme views of the Kyoto accord.

But the minister's actions we now know were far more devious than that. He claimed that five independent economists support his report, but that is not true. Don Drummond supposedly was a supporter, but now we find out his support was only
grudging. David Keith, the Calgary researcher, said: “I think the report overstates the difficulty of implementing policies in the short term”.

Why did this minister ask for expert opinions, but only used what suited his brazenly partisan purposes?


Hon. John Baird (Minister of the Environment, CPC)


Mr. Speaker, we tabled a report yesterday before the committee, a report that set out the implications of a private member's bill brought forward by the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party has been very clear. It does not believe that implementing the protocol would cost anything. It is a Kyoto without any price.

If it were so easy to do, if there were no price, no cost to Canadian industry, why is the member's own brother begging us not to bring in car emission standards in the province of Ontario?



Heh.

6 comments:

biff said...

Or a better question,

why would the Liberals not have done anything on this issue when they were in power.

Did they care so little,

or,

are they misleading on the costs now?

Not good choices for the Libs.

Joanne (True Blue) said...

Good point, Biff. Baird actually alluded to that in his answer to McGuinty's next question, if you read on in the cited Hansard text.

Anonymous said...

Well there you go, two McAsswipes together for Crow.

Mac said...

I'm sure Saint Suzuki reassured us that Canadians want a carbon tax which will take care of any Kyoto costs.

Sing along if you know the tune...

Praise Gore from whom all wisdumb flows
Praise Saint Suzuki and his horde
Praise Dion, May and all moonbats
Global warming is where it's at!

Joanne (True Blue) said...

lol! Mac, that was great; even if it does mangle one of my favourite hymns.

Mac said...

Don't tell God, okay? I'm already in His bad books after the Noodle Incident.