Conservatives reverse pollution aid for poor countries

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are cancelling a $1.5 million pledge by the previous Liberal government to help developing countries cut greenhouse emissions under the rules of the Kyoto Protocol.

Abandoning the pledge made at a United Nations conference in Montreal last December is another blow to the teetering climate treaty which the Conservative government still claims to support.

The money would have gone to the treaty's clean development mechanism (CDM), which allows industrialized countries to earn credits by investing in emissions-cutting projects in the Third World.

"Taxpayers' dollars will not be spent on international credits," said Ryan Sparrow, spokesman for Environment Minister Rona Ambrose, in an interview.

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They think they are saving pennies.

Boeing says it will win $8B contract

HALIFAX—Boeing Corp. will win a controversial contract to provide heavy-lift transport planes and helicopters to Canada's military because it can deliver the aircraft faster than competitors, company officials claim.

Liberal defence critic Ujjal Dosanjh had claimed awarding the contract to Boeing would threaten Canadian sovereignty.

Chinooks will be assembled in the United States and maintained in Canada, but C-17s will be both manufactured and repaired in the U.S.

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Oink, oink, oink,,,

Can just see those virtuose reformers out in front of parliament.

Anyway. Back to the first article. Harper just gave the Green's something to make an issue about and fight against the other parties for votes.

Wouldn't it be nice if the Dems brought a suit against the Canadian government for interference in their elections through the establishment of a slush fund. Would just be great.