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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Let’s get on with it. PM Steve is in Germany for the G* meetup and has told German business leaders that Canada will not meet Kyoto targets because of inaction by previous administrations. He still believes that “he believes his government’s plan for intensity-based targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions will be more effective than setting overall reduction targets.”

My concern , as a Kyoto detractor, is that we will get caught in analysis paralysis rather than taking some action today. I would urge PM Steve and Johnny Enviro to step up and take the necessary steps (incentive and disincentive) to cause real change in our nasty habits. Give me incentives or breaks to recycle, use public transit/cycle, buy locally, and create friendly green space. I also am prepared for new taxation to curb my use of damaging pesticides and herbicides, municipal levees for waste, and (horrors) fuel tax that raises price to a place where it becomes painful ($3/liter) and use revenue to fund development of alternative energy.