I guess we can add the UN to the growing list of people or organizations that Baird will soon be coming out and attacking for not thinking his plan is up to snuff:
Canada’s “less ambitious” climate-change plan cannot guarantee that greenhouse gas emissions will actually go down, says the head of the international body that [...]

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The Star has published a report today in its online section that Foreign Affairs Minister Peter McKay was warned last year that things may not be right in Afghanistan:
In a Nov. 28, 2006 letter, Human Rights Watch wrote MacKay to say the organization had received “credible reports” of detainees being abused by Afghanistan’s National Directorate [...]

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I’m wondering exactly how the strategy of bad-mouthing everyone is supposed to win you support among the Canadian voter for your proposed climate-change plan, but that is apparently what Baird has decided is his best shot of getting voters to like his plan:
Baird responded yesterday by saying that U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases had climbed [...]

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Another attempt by someone to go on a shooting spree in the US. Three people dead in Kansas City, and the gunman attempted to take more people out in a shopping mall:
Authorities said the violence began early Sunday afternoon, when they went to a home to check on a woman relatives hadn’t seen for [...]

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I’ve been away all day and saw much to my surprise that Justin Trudeau had won - on the first ballot. I’ve been hearing for awhile of a “deal” worked out between the 2nd and 3rd place candidates for an Anyone-But-Trudeau vote to take him down on the 2nd ballot. It appears though that [...]

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The totally inadequate response by Bush during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is generally seen as the issue that really started the slide in popularity of Bush. I’ve no doubt Iraq would have continued to do so anyway, but Katrina accelerated the process. However, the sheer ineptitude of the Bush Administration’s response to Katrina can [...]

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So, Johnny Baird got a bit ticked over the Al Gore statement that his environmental plan was a fraud designed to mislead the Canadian public. He released a statement trying to defend himself, and then ended it apparently with this:
Baird’s statement also offered an invitation for Gore to discuss climate change and the Conservatives’ [...]

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Al Gore slams the Conservative Green Plan (Attempt #2):
“I’m hearing a reduction in intensity is going to be presented to the Canadian people as a legitimate policy,” he said at the consumer environmental show. “In my opinion, it is a complete and total fraud. It is designed to mislead the Canadian people.” …Gore also praised [...]

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As some of you know, we have been running an “environmental time countdown clock” at Progressive Bloggers ever since Ms. Ambrose and the Conservatives released their original Clean Air Act promising to set national air quality standards in 2025. It was based on Steve’s sarcastic post at his blog about how long they were [...]

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…. is maybe we should just let the Norwegians buy all of our oil companies:
A firm owned by the Norwegian government has paid $2.2 billion to acquire Calgary-based North American Oil Sands Corp. A Statoil executive told a Calgary news conference that Thursday’s announcement of new targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions did not come [...]

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