Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, passed third reading in the House of Commons last night.
The vote was along party lines — with Conservatives voting nay and every other party voting yea. Prime Minister Harper was absent for the vote.
The chief paragraph from the act — “
5. (1) Within 60 days after this Act comes into force and not later than May 31 of every year thereafter until 2013, the [Government] shall prepare a Climate Change Plan . . .
The bill is now off to the Senate where it must go through three readings and then we will learn when the 60 day clock starts and whether or not the Government will pay any heed to the act.
Mark Warawa, the Conservative MP from Langley who is also the Parliamentary Secretary to to the Minister of the Environment, calls this a “mischief bill.”
Whooee! DaveFeller, I figger this'll be the undoin' o' Steve Harper. 'Bout 60% o' Canajuns is in favour o' Canada stickin' by Kyoto. When Harpoon sez he's gonna ignore parliament, he's sayin' he's got no respect fer representative democracy or fer the law o' the land. A guy like that oughtn't be parkin' his keester in the Pryminister's chair, sez I.
In honour o' King Steve gettin' his crown knocked off, I recorded me anuther song an' this one's called The Night They Voted Harper Down an' it's t' the tune o' that ol' favourite, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. I reckon mebbe Harpoon's wishin' he was in Dixie, these days.
JimBobby
Then why did David Suzuki come out against the passing of this bill?
Sorry, this has the effect of mistaking gasoline for water and throwing it on a fire.
Because Alberta will not stand idly by whilst the ethically challenged pluck Alberta yet again.
Whooee — pretty deep stuff jimbobby! You've obviously spent a lot of time researching the Kyoto protocol and it's clear you appreciate the deep thinking that created the Liberal's bill C 288. I think you probably have what it takes to be a good Liberal–you should give some thought to running for parliament. (you may have to submit to a sex change to keep the female candidate ratio intact –but hey, you could end up sounding like Joan Baez!)
Keep all that CO2 flowing out of Nanticoke Jimbobby
and have a good weekend.
I know this – those who run afoul of pro-Kyoto politicized science are treated the same way as those who run afoul of Darwinist orthodoxy.