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Originally Posted by FireFly
Hmmmm. Me thinks that might be because it's about the only issue out there right now and the Liberals are forcing it down everyone's throats.
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Firefly, you should check out some of Kathryn Harrison's work on this topic. She chronicles on how for the environment, when it becomes a major public issue (such as now...well major as being at least peaks a bit/gets people talking), the federal gov't becomes much more active in environmental affairs. When public interest subsides, so does the feds involvement...and they become content to leave the environment and its responsibility to the provinces.