Al Gore and the Emasculation of Alberta
May 1, 2007 · By Aaron Unruh
Al Gore is happy to slime the government of Canada and bring his little slideshow/fundraiser to the city of Calgary. But he is much too important to even acknowledge let alone meet with the premier of Alberta:
Al Gore gave his famous global warming slideshow Monday night in Calgary with Premier Ed Stelmach and a bunch of powerful energy players in the crowd…Stelmach sent the climate-change superstar a letter, requesting to meet him. The premier’s office said they never heard back.
Never even heard back. Great.
On his little journal, Al Gore talks up his introduction at the Calgary event:
In his introduction of me, Gary Holden, CEO of the ENMAX Corporation said, “Mr. Gore has ignited a spirit of cooperation that, a year ago, could not have been anticipated…â€Â
Where “spirit of cooperation” entails slagging a foreign government’s emissions control program without reading it beforehand, a program that goes further in limiting emissions than Gore ever succeeded in doing during eight years as vice-president.
So Gore snubs the premier of Alberta, is introduced as an ambassador of goodwill by a spineless, toadying Calgary CEO, and collects money from Albertans that will now be used to shut down the province’s most important industry. Not a bad night for Gore. But an entirely emasculating one for Alberta.
Alberta needs to man up.
What’s a Stelmach?
Just more global whining by Al. Where were the protests by citizens of Alberta who should have been out telling him to take his SIDESHOW, slideshow somewhere else? If Alberta wants to protect its economy, it needs to send people like Al the Bore packing. Did anyone even “boo” him?
One doesn’t need to read the entire plan to know it’s a farce. Intensity-based targets are a scam on the Canadian public, designed to distract the centre-left with promises of environmental action, while pandering to the wishes of the oil & gas sector.
Are you actually afraid that Alberta’s oil & gas sector will be “shut down”, as you described it? You do understand that there is likely some middle ground between ‘do nothing’ and ‘shut down the industry’, right? No right-minded person would propose that. There are many alternatives that could be implemented.
Ah, so there are many alternatives, just not the Conservatives alternative?
Ya, it sure sounds like you’re really willing to consider some “middle ground.”
“Alberta needs to man up.”
How does one do that exactly? Is that what all of the viagra spam is for?
Greg,
Which Conservative alternative were you referring to? The old one where they do nothing because there’s no problem, or the new one where they do nothing because action would hurt the economy?
There really are many approaches to this problem, not just the Liberal/NDP/Green plan du jour. The Conservatives got caught with their pants down on this issue – Rona introduced their ‘Clean Air Act’ to much fanfare, and it was so laughable she was shuffled out of the portfolio.
I fail to understand the Conservative’s reluctance to use market forces to address the issue. Usually the left is first to promote direct state control via regulation, while the right prefers market forces. On this issue, it’s the other way around.