Watch as the self-appointed genious international trade specialists at the Vancouver Sun (Allan Woods, reporter) informs us that the Conservatives’ suggestion that they’d opt out of the (ridiculous, stupid—my words) Kyoto Accord could “risk inviting trade sanctions”.
Huh? From whom? Why? Any sources on that? What? NO? Not in the whole story? Oh!
A Conservative federal government would abandon attempts to meet the country’s clean-air targets set under the Kyoto protocol, while at the same time giving a tax break to people who use public transit, the party said Thursday.
In a move that risks inviting trade sanctions, Conservative leader Stephen Harper said the Tories may consider pulling out of the Kyoto accord altogether while advancing a made-in-Canada clean-air plan.
“Our plan is simply to reduce our emissions. Not just carbon dioxide, but a range of pollutants, and we’re going to have our own targets that we think are achievable,” Harper said Thursday after announcing an election policy platform that would give transit users a break.
The Tories would give people federal tax rebates worth 16 per cent of the cost of their bus, train and subway passes.
[… (nothing in story even remotely related to the “risks inviting trade sanctions” B.S.) …]
Trade sanctions, huh? Nice try, liberal!
Other than that, this talk of pulling out of the (ridiculous, stupid—my words) Kyoto Accord is the smartest talk I’ve heard from the Conservatives in a while.
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