Friday, March 2, 2007

Who is the greenest of them all?

Liberal leader Stephane Dion began a cross-Canada tour this week to bolster the Grits' green image and expose the Conservative image as a weak facade.

In his recent appearance on The Hour, Dion warned Canadians that the Tories have no climate change plan. Instead, they are trying to win an election by appearing green, he said.

And Liberal environment critic David McGuinty reiterated "I don't think they have a plan. They're making it up as they go along."

The Liberals are pushing the public to see through through the Conservatives' green facade. But the Conservatives are firing back against Dion.

Yesterday in the House, the Conservatives pounced on him for supporting a carbon tax system.

Environment Minister John Baird declared it " the mother of all tax increases."

"A big battle is taking place right within the Liberal Party caucus to bring in a big tax whack called a carbon tax on Canadian families," he said.

The Liberals are updating their environmental policies over the next two weeks. Unfortunately, the Conservatives are sticking to their plan of inaction by shooting down plausible methods to implement Kyoto.

1 comment:

JJB said...

Who was the first to use the "mother of all" line? For some reason I want to say Saddam Hussein. Do you know?