Stephen Harper's Debate Strategy on the Environment

Exhibit A:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070223.LIBSKYOTO23/TPStory/?query=goldenberg

//Chrétien takes heat over Kyoto
Former PM was not ready to meet targets when Canada signed on, adviser says

OTTAWA -- Former prime minister Jean Chrétien committed Canada to the Kyoto Protocol fully expecting to fall short of the targets, the man who served as his trusted policy adviser says.

Eddie Goldenberg made the surprising comments in a London, Ont., speech yesterday as the House of Commons is deadlocked over whether it is too late for Canada to meet its 2012 emission-reduction targets.//

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Exhibit B: Note: Jaccard was one of the key contributors to the Michael Ignatieff's climate change platform.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061020.COSIMP20/TPStory/?query=jaccard

//Here's to the Jaccardian approach to clean air
Jeffrey Simpson

In the Jaccardian approach, there must be government regulations setting clear, mandatory targets, easily attainable at first, then more demanding as the years go by, so that companies, governments and consumers can adjust.

Canada cannot reach its Kyoto target by taking 265 megatonnes of carbon from its economy in the next two to six years; it's impossible. Prof. Jaccard correctly says: Forget Kyoto, phase one. We blew it, period. But get on with the job of reducing emissions starting now, but starting smart.//