Kady O'Malley has an excellent column up over at Macleans.
...All signs have been pointing for some time to a repeat of last year's alliance on the Federal Accountability Act, which allowed the Conservatives to fast track their anti-corruption legislation through the House. This time, the parties are attempting to save the Clean Air Act - a bill that, widely panned by environmental groups, has only survived to date because the NDP brokered a deal to send it to a special committee for redrafting. But for the New Democrats, the stumbling block may be the fact that in its present form the bill explicitly avoids the word "Kyoto."
NDP Leader Jack Layton has tried to downplay the omission, telling reporters that Canada is already part of Kyoto "and we're darn well going to stay there." But it's helping fuel internal debate about the merits - or lack thereof - of playing nice with the Tories.
"It's the love that dare not speak its name," former NDP strategist Robin Sears says of Harper and Layton. "They look like a pair of teenagers caught canoodling."
Comments (1)
Yes, I think the Kyoto timeline and carbon credits trading are sticking points.
On the one hand, we’re so far behind that no serious person thinks we can meet the Kyoto timeline without trashing our economy. On the other hand, how do we square that fact with our inclusion in the Kyoto treaty without sending billions in carbon credits to China and Russia?
For months Jack has been finessing this issue. Can he go back to his party and tell them that full compliance with Kyoto is not in the cards? And how can we not comply without breaking the terms of the treaty?
Posted by Dennis (Second Thoughts) | February 3, 2007 12:02 PM
Posted on February 3, 2007 12:02