Canada reveals climate stance with praise for Australian carbon tax repeal
Source: The Guardian
Canada reveals climate stance with praise for Australian carbon tax repeal
Suzanne Goldenberg US environment correspondent
theguardian.com, Wednesday 13 November 2013 18.20 GMT
Canada has dropped any remaining pretences of supporting global action on climate change by urging other countries to follow Australia's example in gutting its climate plan.
In a formal statement, the Canadian government said it "applauds" the move by Australia this week to repeal a carbon tax on the country's 300 biggest polluters.
"Canada applauds the decision by prime minister Abbott to introduce legislation to repeal Australia's carbon tax. The Australian prime minister's decision will be noticed around the world and sends an important message," the formal statement from Paul Calandra, parliamentary secretary to Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, said.
The Harper government withdrew from the Kyoto protocol on climate change in 2011 and Canada has failed to meet its own international emissions to cut greenhouse gas emissions – almost entirely because of its mining of the carbon-heavy Alberta tar sands.
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Carbon taxes are nothing more than a tyrannical attempt to tighten control over all carbon based life forms.
Ban coal, tax oil, tax other pollutants, but carbon? Gimme a break. Might as well tax passing gas while they're at it.
