When I posted on the reaction of Canadian politicians to climategate there was some reaction to Environment Minister Jim Prentice saying "The science overall is relatively clear." The inclusion of the word relative had some saying "Aha! We knew the Tories were never really committed to global warming. They are climate change deniers." Others saw the word relative as a potential source of hope that perhaps Prentice was not that committed, that he could wobble as the controversy from the emails poured in.
Well, which is it?
The answer comes from comments Prentice made to Canadian Press Thursday. Reporter Steve Rennie asking the minister about his belief in climate change in the wake of the emails.
"I believe in the integrity of science. I've spoken strongly about this when I was industry minister, and I've spoken strongly about this to the scientists at Environment Canada," Prentice said.
So the answer is the minister will be disappointing both camps. Not surprising to me. In recent days Prentice has said that he'll work hard for a fair deal in Copenhagen. His support for teh deal extends to paying for climate change, Prentice saying Canada will do it's part to fund any deal including supporting Canada paying its fair share of the $150 billion a year fund requested by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to combat climate change.
Brian Lilley is the Ottawa Bureau Chief for radio stations Newstalk 1010 in Toronto and CJAD 800 in Montreal. Follow Brian on Twitter to get the latest as it happens.
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Attention, Canadian and American citizens we are so close to losing our Sovereignty and our Freedom, is barely hanging by a thread! Make your voice and your rights known, as you are the boss not the politicans you voted into power!
Time is getting short and it is coming down to the fact, that soon ( December 7 to December 18 ) I will have to pray to the good Lord to maintain our freedoms and that God will not allow our leaders to sign the Copenhagen Treaty, which will take away our liberties, let go and let God, this being a challenge to our Lord and Saviour? However, while there is still time to prevent the loss of a lifetime, perhaps loss of life it's self - I will do what I am able to fight for our freedoms! The whole Climate Change agenda is a proven fraud and racketeering, but the United Nations and Globalist governments don't care as that is just the excuse instrument they have used to ensnare us, they are going to try to push it through anyway! Don't sign the Treaty! Freedom!!
Canada paying its fair share of the $150 billion a year fund requested by U.N
Requested?
$150 billion?
"teh deal"
Well played, sir. Well played.
The whole thing is a scam to suck $$out of Naive leaders and Jim prentice is going to chip into the Fraud! Now even Nasa is shown to have cooked numers! Is this the kind of numb skull we voted for? Someone who wants to chip in and pay Canada's share of the Fraudulent BS hot air Carbon Tax! I don't like most politicians but I never thought I was voting for a fool! Unless of course, he has been investing in his own personal Carbon Credits and Carbon Trading? Maybe we should check that out? He's going to flush Billions of good Canadian money down the drain for nothing - other than to get along with the Criminal Global Elitists!We need real leaders and I don't mean Liberal, NDP, Green Party - they are all part of the same Global Elite team! We need an Independent Conservative Libertarian Party that works for the people not Corporations and follows the Canadian Constitution!
To request that PM Harper doesn't sign the Copenhagen Treaty email pm@pm.gc.ca or Jim Prentice, PrentJ@parl.gc.ca
There has been a lot of activity all over the Internet, News and Blogaspheres about "Climategate". The Climatologists at East Anglia and Elsewhere now seem to be the Deniers with News about the Hacked Emails that exposed their manipulation of records and statistics to Incorrectly and Deceptively show that global warming is man made. True scientists like Dr. Timothy Ball (Respected Climatologist) and thousands more like him deserve vindication after being vilified as Anthropogenic (man made) Global Warming Deniers by the AGW community of so called scientists. Of the 2500 or so alleged scientists that the UN body, the IPCC who claim they have consensus, only a handfull are climatologists. Many are not scientists at all. Folks, these people are trying to convince Sovereign Nations of the world to risk forgoing economic stability and democratic independance to a socialist UN political body that has been Exposed as Secrative and Far Less than Truthful.
The improtant thing is to NOT stop questioning
Albert Einstein
Some people will do anything to save the Earth
except take a science course.
P. J. Rourke
Consensus is the business of politics. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science it isn't consensus. Period
Michael Chrichton
Skeptcism is the highest of duties, and unverified belief the one unpardonable sin
Thomas H. Huxley
We have to offer up scary scenarios (about global warming)...each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.
Stephen Schneider, Stanford University
Because of increased dust, cloud cover and water vapour, the planet will cool, the water vapour will freeze, and a new Ice Age will be born
Newsweek magazine, January 26, 1970
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At the very least we deserve the truth before we sacrifice our standard of living.
Take a look and sign the climategate petition, google climategate and look for the ad on the side.
Course no one wants to discuss the Carbon Footprint caused by out of control overpopulation by third world countries contributing to the environment at a drastic level, or immigration from those overpopulated countries to Canada whereby trading a immigration carbon footprint from a third world country and bringing it to Canada.
Such a sensitive subject for fear of being branded a racist. But when the world population went from 3 billion people in the early 1960s to an estimate of over 6 billion people in 2010, certainly validates David Suzuki's theory.
Third world countries looking for Billions in aid handouts have population control issues and their countries citizen's look to Canada as a place to immigrate to cause their own country cannot support them economically or sustainability wise.
So is it fair the West judged as a big carbon footprint society, when it is other parts of the world who breed and then wish to make North America it's home.
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH!
If you believe that AL GORE has something important to say about GLOBAL WARMING you must come and hear REX MURPHY. Unlike Al Gore, Rex Murphy will take your questions and give you answers. He will give you the "Convenient TRUTH".
Date: Thursday, September 29th @ MacEwan Hall, University of Calgary Campus...Doors open at 11:30 - come early, bring your lunch... and get a good seat...bring your questions!! Admission: FREE
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