Monday, February 05, 2007
A Startling Trend...
First Hugo Chavez in Venezuela nationalized oil and energy companies.
Then Russia started retaking state control of oil and gas projects.
And in Canada, we have Liberal leader Stephane Dion. Mark Holland is his Natural Resource critic, and recently did an interview with Charles Adler.
But rest assured, Stephane Dion's not out to "kill the milk cow".
Then Russia started retaking state control of oil and gas projects.
And in Canada, we have Liberal leader Stephane Dion. Mark Holland is his Natural Resource critic, and recently did an interview with Charles Adler.
When I asked Holland whether a Liberal government under Stephane Dion would shut down or limit oil sands production if necessary to meet Kyoto targets, his response was, "Exactly." He then went on to say "I think what you are going to see is we’re going to say you cannot exploit that resource, basically go in there and pump it out as fast as you can to give it to the Americans and sell out our national interests and blow apart our emissions targets."
[..] A day after Mark Holland’s threatening remarks, he appeared on my Corus colleague Dave Rutherford’s program and was asked whether a Dion government would consider nationalizing oil companies if they didn’t meet Kyoto standards. Holland replied, "If they refuse to work with us….there will be consequences."
But rest assured, Stephane Dion's not out to "kill the milk cow".
Labels: Liberal Party, politics, Stephane Dion, Y2Kyoto
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Um... Why would you WANT to pump out the oil sands as quickly as possible and sell it to the Americans?
That just creates a market surplus so we are selling oil at a cheaper price than we have to! It also means we'll run out of the lucrative resource faster than we have to! It also means, essentially, sliting our wrists! Why? Because we kill the environment that we need for our survival.
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That just creates a market surplus so we are selling oil at a cheaper price than we have to! It also means we'll run out of the lucrative resource faster than we have to! It also means, essentially, sliting our wrists! Why? Because we kill the environment that we need for our survival.
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