The Only thing Conservatives Recycle - are old Liberal Environmental Initiatives

Yesterday, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn began the media circuit to portray a “new” and greener image for the CPC after the political mishandling of the Clean Air Act. The Environment is clearly on the minds of Canadians, so in response the new steps taken forward by the CPC - involve recycling old Liberal environmental policies. Albeit, the premise of the Liberal plan was investment to invigorate the public and private sectors to become cleaner - the CPC plan comes with two major faults.

1) The emphasis of the plan targets homeowners, rather then large business who exceed allotted greenhouse targets without discretion.

2) More importantly, what has fallen under the radar is the fact that in order to qualify for the $5000 grant, the homeowner must first pay for the environmental audit and upgrades before qualifying for the program. Ultimately - many Canadians would be unable to spend upfront on the various upgrades, thus rendering the plan almost useless.


The plan calls for a $300 million dollar investment over four years ($75 million per year - Less the Toronto Blue Jays yearly payroll). Bob Rae really hit the nail on the head in that this new plan “missed the boat completely…[that this is simply the] Baird Minimum” on Environmental Policy.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/01/21/conservatives-energy.html

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Update - New Poll!

Harper at 54%, the Cabinet is far lower. Bottoming out with Tony Clement's approval rating of 34%.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=14457