The Guardian has chronicled Harper's devious schemes to gut environmentalism in Canada, beginning with extensive spending cuts. It would be one thing if that Born Again bastard was man enough to admit what he's doing and defend his actions. But the lard-assed authoritarian with his beach blanket bingo hairdo simply lies about what he's up to behind the backs of the Canadian people.
As the newspaper points out, Harper is slashing budgets at Environment Canada even as he's determined to squander $30-billion on dodgy fighter aircraft.
"Among the first acts of the Harper government was to cut our funding to zero," said Hannah McKinnon of the Climate Action Network Canada(CAN Canada), an environmental NGO that used to get some government funding prior to the 2006 election.
CAN Canada has obtained some funding from its more than 80 member civil society organisations. It acts as the coordinator on climate issues, and once worked with government to improve programmes and policies for the benefit of all Canadians. Now has become the de facto watchdog on government promises and actions to tackle climate change.
Instead of actions, the Harper government makes promises and pushes propaganda that the economy is more important and that protecting the environment comes at too high a cost, she said. The only action being taken is at the local and provincial level, McKinnon added.
"If there is a need to reduce the federal budget deficit, why is Canada continuing to give the oil and gas industry 1.4 billion dollars (1.3 billion U.S.) in subsidies every year?" she asked.
Harper promised to end these government subsidies in 2009. The International Monetary Fund, the International Energy Agency, the United Nations and many others have called for an end to such subsidies to the world's most profitable industry.
"Canada can't afford to pay scientists but we can line the pockets of big oil? That is totally backwards," McKinnon said.
7 comments:
"It would be one thing if that Born Again bastard was man enough to admit what he's doing and defend his actions. But the lard-assed authoritarian with his beach blanket bingo hairdo simply lies about what he's up to behind the backs of the Canadian people."
You're overly polite. :):)
Harper understands that high paying oil related jobs are much more important to Canada's future then public sectors environmental jobs that do nothing but try to fix a non-existing problem and help destroy Canada's economy. This is why a majority of Canadians voted for him.
Go Harper Go!
Deno
"If there is a need to reduce the federal budget deficit, why is Canada continuing to give the oil and gas industry 1.4 billion dollars (1.3 billion U.S.) in subsidies every year?"
This is a lie. There are no subsidies to the highly profitable oil industries.
More leftist lies!
Deno
Deno, why does the oil industry need government handouts? I thought your type was against cash giveaways to special interest groups. And why is it a "leftist lie" that at the G20 in 2009, Harper promised to phase out the oil subsidies in the "medium term"? Is Harper a leftist?
Deno, are you really so profoundly ignorant or delusional that you believe a majority of Canadians voted for Harper? Was seventh grade the hardest three years of your life? Really, your abysmal ignorance leaves you unable to contribute anything remotely useful to a discussion. Isn't there a video lottery terminal calling you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUh7oElSc28
it's the ecology,stupid!
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