3 Canadian Premiers Will Dump Harper Climate "Plan" In Favor Of BC Approach

Three premiers representing a majority of Canadians said Tuesday they will bypass Prime Minister Stephen Harper's national climate-change plan to pursue a strategy like the one B.C. has been developing.

The premiers of Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland said they support the principle of a cap-and-trade system to regulate large-scale commercial emissions, which would have more teeth than the current federal plan.

"There is going to be cap and trade. That's inevitable," said Quebec Premier Jean Charest.

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Alberta's Ed Stelmach skipped Tuesday's meeting, but said Monday that Alberta will not begin cutting emissions -- through cap-and-trade or any other mechanism -- until 2020. After that, Stelmach said he is hoping most of Alberta's reductions will come from technology rather than conservation.

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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=382d49c8-04a1-4775-b652-dfc02aaddc67&k=22306

He sure strikes me as a smirking putz, but that might just be my initial impression . . .

Even so, a :toast: to his confusion and downfall (preferably in Moosehead!).