Ambrose's Bad Hair Day

Here's an assertion. Rona Ambrose, Federal Environment Minister, was appointed at that position not because of her environmental credentials but because the Conservatives decided that her reasonable good looks were a useful distraction from the fact that the Tories intended...

Confidentiality

"So how does saying this breach caucus confidentiality? "Climate change is the greatest all-round threat this country faces, and ... my nation's government should not let us down with half-measures, a curtsy to junk science or a sellout to the tar sands." - Garth...

Ambrose WHO

"Will the Tories new anti-smog legislation meet WHO standards? "

Tories Embarrassed as Opposition Passes Climate Bill

"In a victorious 152 - 115 vote, the opposition Liberal, Bloc and NDP embarrassed the governing Conservatives by passing a bill that would oblige the government to respect its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. The bill's stated purpose is "to ensure that Canada...

Being Right For The Wrong Reasons

"McGuinty and Hargrove oppose Ottawa's Green Plan They are declarining it an attack on provincial autonomy, that holy grail of the Harpocrites. Of course like Rumsfelds attack on Old Europe, the Conservatives are attacking an Old Ontario indutry while ignoring booming...

Canada Poised for CO2 Windfall - Federal Leadership Needed

A group of 100 brokers, hedge fund managers, traders and analysts have declared that Canada's open, transparent markets and heavy per capita CO2 footprint have it poised to become a global powerhouse in the carbon trading market. The key for capitalizing on this untapped...

It's Global Warming Stupid

" Damned if they do damned if they don't so the Tories do the next best thing.....nothing..... Tories mum as environment report calls for push on global warming"

The Tories Acid Rain Solution

" Clean air is not the same as greenhouse gases. Typical Tories stuck in the past, their made in Canada solution was made by Brian Mulroney, twenty years ago. Clean Air is Acid Rain reduction. But being Conservatives they of course live in the past. "

A Replacement For Ambrose

"She could easily be replaced. By someone who actually takes the environment seriously, who has a plan and who recognizes the libertarian value of DIY that can mobilize a community green campaign. Yep I am talking about Tory bad boy Garth Turner, who on his blog says this..."

What Results?

"Harper also talked about what his government intends to do in the coming months."Canada's new government will replace Liberal and NDP rhetoric on the environment with real Conservative results," he said. Oh you mean Conservative results like this? "No...

Tories Green Petro Plan

"So where does the Harper Government launch its secret meetings on its Green Plan? In Alberta. And who do they invite? Big Oil and Big Business."

Home improvement firm Rona's Q1 profit jumps 27 per cent to $14.2M

MONTREAL (CP) - Rona Inc., a building-supplies retail chain, wants to vacuum up the last of the available Canadian independent retailers before turning its attention to the United States, chief executive Robert Dutton said Tuesday.