http://twitter.com/#!/canadiancynic/status/198036523185209345
“Harper’s climate policy approved as ‘elegant’ approach by oil lobbyists”
Although the government was warned by bureaucrats not to become “cheerleaders” for the oilpatch, three years ago, when it launched a lobbying and marketing strategy to defend the Canadian industry, federal officials have since allowed its efforts to evolve into a sophisticated campaign, funded by taxpayers, that has included special training on lobbying for diplomats, regular meetings with industry representatives, and outreach to “select” foreign media outlets.
“The federal government is supposed to represent the interests of Canadian citizens abroad, but it’s clear that the oil industry is now in the driver’s seat when it comes to our role on the world stage,” said Gillian McEachern, deputy campaign director at Environmental Defence. “This is another example of the erosion of Canada’s democracy at the hands of the tarsands lobby, which not only threatens Canada’s air, water and land but is actively trying to prevent good climate actions in other countries.”
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Stephen Harper could jump onto the Cabinet Committee meeting table and take a dump, and the Cabinet would judge the resulting turd as ‘elegant’.
The fact is, Stephen Harper, and the rest of the Reform party, don’t mean a thing. It’s their corporate oil sponsors who are running the show.
Thank you for that elegant image.
One of the first things their spokespeople would do is say, “How can we spin this?”
Info Alert Bot would later tweet:
“STEPHEN HARPER TESTS ANTIBACTERIAL SURFACE OF CABINET ROOM TABLE AND FINDS IT LACKING. INVESTMENT IN NEW HOC BOARD TABLES IN NEXT BUDGET.”
“Canadian Cynic”-isn’t he the classy egomaniac who told the mother of a slain Canadian soldier to”go and fuck your grief”?
Anyone consider that proper mockery?
Bocanut, you’ve been peddling that tale for stalker lengths of time
Elegant as an oily, dying duck- our Dear Leader.
So let me get this straight… our government, while rooting out special interest foreign funding of ‘grass-roots’ charity/political advocacy groups whose only function is to influence our legislation and impede Canadian business and industry, denying Canadians employment and income is seen as an affront to democracy YET our government openly lobbying foreign governments on behalf of Canadian business and industry to be treated fairly and equally “is another example of the erosion of Canada’s democracy…”????????????? WTF????????
Talk about special rules for special people.
The only reason the Eurozone wants this tax grab is because it is broke. Plain and simple. Unable to pay the costs of their socialist promises and policies, they’ve run out of their own money and must now get it from other nations. It seems the liberal arts economists on the site want to give it to them!!!! Lenin called such people “useful idiots”… here’s why…
Funding Eurocrats on ‘climate issues’ allows them to afford and implement policies such as these: “Sterilisation has been mired in controversy for years. With officials and doctors paid a bonus for every operation, poor and little-educated men and women in rural areas are routinely rounded up and sterilised without having a chance to object. Activists say some are told they are going to health camps for operations that will improve their general wellbeing and only discover the truth after going under the knife… Yet a working paper published by the UK’s Department for International Development in 2010 cited the need to fight climate change as one of the key reasons for pressing ahead with such programmes. The document argued that reducing population numbers would cut greenhouse gases, although it warned that there were “complex human rights and ethical issues” involved in forced population control.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/15/uk-aid-forced-sterilisation-india
You’re advocating and funding population control of the poor.