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Author: Dan McTeague

Erin O’Toole’s flip flops

| By Dan McTeague

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

Erin O’Toole’s upcoming carbon tax betrayal: an update on the numbers

| By Dan McTeague

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 carbon tax issue is now centre-stage in the next federal election

| By Dan McTeague

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

Supreme Extremism will leave Canadians hurting

| By Dan McTeague

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 grassroots have spoken: will Erin O’Toole listen?

| By Dan McTeague

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

Erin O’Toole’s upcoming carbon tax betrayal, part two

| By Dan McTeague

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

Electric Buses: Destination Big Debt

| By Dan McTeague

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

Erin O’Toole’s upcoming carbon tax betrayal, part 1

| By Dan McTeague

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

Net Zero, Net Loss

| By Dan McTeague

Government and industry virtue-signalers continue to trip over one another trying to support, defend, and justify Trudeau’s “net zero by 2050” climate policy  “conversation.” And what a conversation it is! It celebrates a radical green agenda to destroy the prosperity of modern society. How? By taking away the foundations of that society, perhaps the most … Continued

Reflections on Texas: not the green future we want, or can afford

| By Dan McTeague

This winter is proving to be a severe one across much of the northern hemisphere. Extended cold snaps, lots of winter storms, and then more of the same. Of course, the climate alarmists are sidestepping their usual mantra about warming and now saying “all extreme weather is climate change caused by humans”.  This allows the … Continued