Wait, there’s a new plan from the Steve-O
There’s something pathetic about the kid who wants to be class president, but who keeps being held back from the goal because the rest of the kids know that leadership requires some common sense. It’s even more pathetic when it applies to the political class. Witness our current prime minister, off showing off for the rest of the G8 in Europe.
Canada seems to have decided that the goals of Kyoto can be attained by not shooting on the net. Rather, why not lob the puck over the boards (near one of the blue lines) and hope that the lucky guy in the striped sweater will place it in one of the nets. Preferably the other team’s net. As if Canada had taken one too many to the head during a scrimmage near the boards. And the team was sponsored by the gas station down the street.
Our prime minister is presenting his case to the rest of the G8; the intensity based reductions that will put Canada ahead of its neighbours. Just follow the crazy guy in the hockey sweater and victory will be yours. You remember the intensity based reduction plan? The one where you simply put the pollutants out for fewer hours each day (without any need to measure how much pollutant you put out). Or something else just as scientific.
So let’s try it in real terms. I have a kitchen that produces garbage from meals. As long as I take the garbage out between noon and one p.m., I will be polluting less (often) than if I put the garbage out after each meal. Or how about the corollary: I will put the garbage five times a day, but in smaller bags than before when I was only putting it out twice a day. I thought you might sense the argument is flawed.
Unfortunately for the Steve-O, the rest of the gang aren’t buying. Canada is not doing what it promised to do, and blaming the last government isn’t particularly proactive. After all, this is the New Government. How about some New Initiatives, rather than some Old Blame, Steve-O?
