Act II, Scene I, Diversion

So, our great Canadian government wants to, and is, reneging on the Kyoto Protocal. This causes a great deal of flak for the Conservative Party, so what do they do? They create "The Clean Air Act". Yahooooooooo!!!! So, what does this act entail? Esentially, not a thing to improve our environment. Industry will remain free from constraints until 2020 and/or 2050 which does nothing about the immediate problem which requires action to be taken now and not in 15 to 25 years. In 15 years the government of Canada will have changed how many times? The Bill on greenhouse emissions will change how many times? Between all these government changes where will the action take place? How can action take place? This will be a revolving door issue that requires immediate action, yet no action will have time to take effect. The business sector reaction was priceless. "A very ambitious plan". The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturer's Assoc. said they thought it was good that Canada was harmonizing its plan with the U.S. So, Harper has adopted the George Bush plan on Clean Air which places no restrictions on industry with little chance for restrictions in the future. These two countries will do nothing (and it matters not who is in power) on reducing greenhouse gasses because they believe it will too greatly affect their economies. Even the Liberals who accepted the Kyoto Agreement had no real intention or means of reaching the targets set. Big business controls our government and economy even though the majority (is this really a democracy?) wants the environment to improve. I believe Chretien agreed to the Kyoto Accord only because he did not want to be the man to quash it and have that as his legacy. I do not believe he thought for a moment that Canada would actually follow through on the committment and he knew he would not be in power when that came to fruition. Until the masses of North America stand up and fight the powers that be, we will continue to see our quality of life deteriorate.