Harper now exporting 'green' tarsands oil . . . .

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Here we go again . . . the fox is extolling his expertise on protecting
the hen house.

Harper knows he's going to have to start talking like he really cares
about the environment as opposed to his support for the oil companies of
the tar sands. And this is how it sounds coming out of the fox's mouth:
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - thestar


New green technology key to combating climate change: Stephen Harper


OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says only new green technology
will allow the world to combat global warming without damaging economic
conditions.

Low-carbon technology “is the thing that will allow us to square
economic growth with emissions reduction and environmental protection,”
Harper said in a question-and-answer session at the Council on Foreign
Relations in New York.

Queried about the possibility that Canadians aren’t worried about
climate change because they might want a climate “like New Jersey,”
Harper said progress will also require commitments to lower emissions
from all major countries, rich and poor.

And Harper, in New York to promote the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to
carry oil sands crude to the United States from Alberta, took a poke at
environmentalist opposing the project, including those protesting
outside his event Thursday.

“It is not a matter of just getting on a street corner and yelling,” he
told the council.

Environmentalists immediately responded to Harper’s remarks, saying the
prime minister was being disingenuous, because his government has
cancelled supports for green energy development.

“If Stephen Harper wants to drive clean energy technological
development, he should put (a) stop (to) letting oil companies use the
atmosphere as a free dumping ground, by putting a price on pollution to
level the playing field,” said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace Canada.

Harper also said Canada and the United States could move toward closer
trade and cross-border dealings but resistance might be stronger in the
U.S. than in Canada these days.

Asked about health care in Canada, he said the system faced difficulties
of access and cost. But his government is largely leaving it up to the
provinces to figure out how to improve medicare, Harper noted. He
characterized efforts by previous federal governments to uphold national
health-care standards as “picking fights” with the provinces.

He said Canada wants foreign investment but decided last year to draw a
line when it comes to state-controlled firms buying ownership of
Canada’s oil sands resources.

The G20 group of countries is the best available global decision-making
body but lamented that some leaders make it difficult to get collective
agreement on decisions because they lack a world view of events and
issues, Harper observed.

On the Middle East, he said “arming unnamed people” fighting the Assad
regime in Syria would be “extremely risky.” Harper also decried
“softening support for Israel” around the world.