courtesy wank

at least Canada's (self-proclaimed) New (ugh) Government has the finesse to tell us they are taking "real action our Government is taking to protect the health of Canadians and the environment" in curbing residential pollution, while committing to quintupling the dirty power-hungry exploitation of tar sands for our neighbour's Mall-Terrain-Vehicles and enable them to "punish" their current suppliers of oil who don't toe the line well enough.

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PRIME MINISTER HARPER UNVEILS ECOENERGY RENEWABLE INITIATIVE
VICTORIA, January 19, 2007
[...]
"The ecoENERGY Renewable Initiative is yet another example of real action our Government is taking to protect the health of Canadians and the environment," said Minister Lunn. "It will help make renewable sources of heat and electricity a more affordable and realistic choice for more Canadians. We expect to add enough clean renewable electricity to power about one million homes."
[...]
This investment will create up to 4000 megawatts of renewable energy and is expected to deliver greenhouse gas emissions reductions equivalent to taking one million cars off the road, as well as significant reductions in other air pollutants. As such, it is an important part of the Government's suite of ecoENERGY Initiatives to boost clean energy supplies, help Canadians use energy more efficiently and reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions from conventional energy sources.

pfah!
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the Liberal party was finally able to pressure them into doing at least SOMEthing about the environment. Although such prostitution may be good for western pocketbooks, raping the environment such does nothing for our national credibility!