Green Leader Highlights Pointlessness of Kyoto

This morning Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, underscored the pointlessness of the Kyoto agreement in what I'm sure was meant to be a passionate defense of its ideals.

Speaking on CKNW, May lambasted the federal government for its recent announcement that it was pulling out of the Kyoto agreement, nearly 15 years after it ratified the agreement. When asked about the Tories' claims that staying in Kyoto would cost Canada more than $14 billion, May scoffed, explaining that this would only be true if Canada tried to meet the targets of Kyoto by purchasing carbon credits from other countries, which nobody is forcing us to do. In the very next breath, however, May admitted that the only way to reach Kyoto's targets for emission reductions would be to purchase these very credits, which she expected
would cost "much more than $14 billion."

But the mask really slipped when May insisted that it would have cost Canada nothing to simply stay in Kyoto and not try to achieve the targets. What leadership! What courage! Why couldn't Canada just agree to feel-good international agreements and then pay only lip-service to them like the good ol' days? That's the Canada that Elizabeth May and the Left want, not this principled, responsible and conservative approach we have now.