Greenhouse Gas Reduction Called Threat to Oil Industry
CBC
Alberta freedom of information document shows industry looking for weak regulations. Details here.
Conservative MP Absent From a Child Poverty Forum in Southwestern Manitoba.
Are hungry kids a priority for the Harper government? by Larry Powell The forum (for the riding of Dauphin - Swan River - Neepawa) was sponsored by the Mission and Services Committee of the Neepawa United Church. It drew about 80 people to the church on Wednesday. But only four of the five candidates (see below) took part in the debate - Ray Piché (Liberal), Kate Storey (Green Party), Inky Mark (Ind.) and Laverne Lewycky (NDP) . The 5th candidate, the sitting Conservative MP for the area, Robert Sopuck (represented by the empty chair on the right), did not attend. His office manager in Neepawa, Christine Waddell, said he was in Inglis, a small community in the western part of the riding for the evening. She did not elaborate. But she did explain that a campaign worker was mistaken when he told forum organizers earlier that Mr. Sopuck would, in fact be there. Piché , the Liberal candidate, said the MP's absence showed “disrespect” for the rest of the candidates
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Leave the oil in the ground. The only tax incentives given to these companies should be for their commitment to alternative renewable sources of energy. They need to start switching over their business model and develop a entirely new product that will not push our planet to extinction. Right now these companies worth are calculated on the amount of oil still in the ground; an amount that is 5 times the absolute limit that our ecosystem planet can tolerate. We are on a collision course with an unprecedented eco catastrophe for the sake of shareholder profits and a few thousand jobs in Northern Alberta.