On hostile climates

I've noted on many occasions - and still think it's one of many serious flaws in the party's supposed "steady hand" brand - that the federal Cons hold the dubious distinction of throwing massive sums of money at the two most wasteful climate change programs on the planet. And it shouldn't be any surprise that the same government which was so eager to put forward programs that don't work has once again decided to demolish the ones that do (no matter how effective they are in both environmental protection and job creation):

Federal clean-energy programs on the chopping block have slashed megatonnes of pollution and created thousands of jobs, according to an internal government report.

Although the Harper government has delayed releasing the findings that it received more than a week ago, Postmedia News has learned they reveal some climate programs were among the most cost-effective at reducing pollution and stimulating the economy.

The internal review by the Natural Resources Department concluded that the programs were expected to deliver about 20 million tonnes in ongoing reductions of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere by 2012 while sparking $25 billion in new investments from other stakeholders outside of the federal government, according to a summary obtained by Postmedia News.
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NDP natural resources critic Nathan Cullen said the government is jeopardizing Canadian jobs by protecting oil and gas interests and creating a hostile environment for renewable energy development.

"This government has knowingly aided the death of the green energy industry in Canada and I have those people in my office all the time saying: 'We're leaving. We can't take this environment anymore. We have a hostile government,'" Cullen said in an interview.

"They're not even asking for what Europe and the Americans are offering. They just want something that would be a little more (in line with) the other energy sources and this government seems to have it out for them (in the green energy industry)."