May 12th is less than a week away. And Canadians should care a lot, as that is the deadline set by Michigan’s Democratic Party Governor Gretchen Whitmer to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline. Central Canadians should really care about Line 5, and its imminent death, because Line 5 supplies crucial energy to Ontario and … Continued
The Prime Minister of Canada committed this morning to “blow past” (Trudeau pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030) our proposed Paris Accord emission target of 30% reductions in GHG emissions (from a 2005 baseline) by 2030, and get to 40-45% reductions. What a coward, eh? Why not 50%? Or … Continued
Flip flops. They make a funny “splat splat” sound. A bit like eggs being dropped on the floor. Or the sound of Erin O’Toole’s so-called climate platform hitting the ground – because it sure won’t takeoff. Seen in the light of this week’s appalling waste of public dollars the Trudeau Liberals call a green budget, … Continued
On March 18, in my blogpost “Erin O’Toole’s upcoming carbon tax betrayal, part two,” I wrote about a rumoured strategy being peddled by unnamed Tory advisors: according to these red, or green, Tory back roomers, O’Toole should abandon his promise to get rid of Trudeau’s carbon tax. This “insider strategy”, according to an account in … Continued
The conventional voices continue to claim victory after last week’s Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision on carbon taxes. All sorts of carbon tax advocates – environmentalists, academics, political insiders – are saying the following: all those annoying little Canadians who are so vulgar and uneducated as to object to carbon taxes should shut up … Continued
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday that the Government of Canada is fully within its jurisdiction to impose a carbon tax on provinces, even if the duly elected governments of those provinces oppose the imposition of such a tax. Their rationale? The wisdom of Greta Thunberg. Judges aren’t scientists. They aren’t climate experts. Yet … Continued
The mainstream elites are outraged that the conservative grassroots have dared to say no to a resolution on the environment at this past weekend’s Conservative Party of Canada policy convention. All the mainstream voices are making disparaging comments about the Tory delegates’ veto of this latest O’Toole misstep. The media is saying that the Conservative … Continued
On March 6th, I wrote about Erin O’Toole’s rumoured and impending carbon tax betrayal, revealed in the March 2nd Toronto Star article. My blogpost prompted some pretty strong responses of shock from readers. Coincidentally (I’m sure) the CPC issued a fundraising request in which they insisted they would “continue to…find meaningful ways to reach Canada’s … Continued
Last week the Government of Canada announced that $2.7 billion would be spent on electric buses. Why would they do this? The argument is that most buses today are diesel, and diesel buses emit lots of greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions. These emissions will (the Trudeau government says) ruin the world within a decade, so we … Continued
Did you see the shocking story about Erin O’Toole’s upcoming betrayal of his anti-carbon tax promise? You probably didn’t. It was in the March 2 edition of the Toronto Star, and no one reads newspapers anymore. But it is a ‘must read’. The article is here “Will Erin O’Toole embrace a carbon tax? Some of … Continued