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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
In the case of Kyoto, absolutely, In this case, I am all board with the goverment creating a reasonable green program that protects Canada's interest, economy and provides measures for the Environmnet, as opposed to Kyoto which punishes countries like Canada and forces them towards unrealistic and punative targets while letting some of the worst environmental offenders in the world to continue with a free hand, while getting Green Credits.
I am all for eventually pulling out of Afgahnistan if at the next deadline, NATO countries haven't bolstered thier commitments to supply more troups in the tougher combat areas. But again, this was a Canadian decision to enter into the war.
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That's where we differ. I think its more important to come at this situation hard, take a leadership role and let the economy suffer and rebound/strengthen as it may, than to come up with a few "measures" as you put it. Can't float on a measure.
The reason I like the leadership role is because China has basically said that they think the developed countries caused the problem and should be the first to make changes. Sure the US needs to act and that is a big issue, but if countries begin to then that forces those like China to also.
Plus, in much the same way as peace keeping; being something Canada steps up to or at least has done traditionally, I'm proud of that.
Not much middle ground there my friend unfortunately, and that is the battle being waged.
And IMO the battle is slowly being won by the climate change crowd. Especially recently. While one could argue about the merrits of the Harper plan, if you told me even 6-8 months ago they'd have come up with a plan like that I would have been surprised. Is it pandering to the electorate? If you look at the poles that show what canadians are concerned about, you could say it is. But it still seems to be leaning that way.