More at BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16151310
UPI says:
The cost of meeting Canada’s obligations under Kyoto would be $13.6 billion, Kent said.
“That’s $1,600 from every Canadian family — that’s the Kyoto cost to Canadians, that was the legacy of an incompetent liberal government,” the Conservative minister said.
At the Toronto Sun:
Over the weekend, the 195 members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change finished a record-breaking, marathon session two days behind schedule in Durban, and charted a course toward a new regime to be finalized by 2015 in an effort to stave off dangerous human interference with the atmosphere.
The framework agreement salvaged the Kyoto Protocol, but it became clear that it would not include Canada’s participation.
Before he returned to Canada, Kent told reporters that the government was justified in its action.
“We want to avoid another Kyoto-like pact at all costs,” said Kent at the summit in South Africa. “Kyoto was not effective and was not good for Canada. The previous government should not have ratified it.”
Here’s a quote from Canada’s largest daily the Toronto (red) Star ““The Harper government has imposed a death sentence on many of the world’s most vulnerable populations by pulling out of Kyoto,” Mike Hudema of Greenpeace Canada said in a statement.” Completely off the charts with that response, Pathetic.
Now it time to help our European and Austrilian brothers and sisters to escape the climate craziness.
Over the past several months I have e-mailed and snail-mailed over 20 selected articles and commentaries mostly from WUWT, to Minister Kent and Prime Minister Harper that showed the flaws and faults of the UN IPCC’s “junk science”. Maybe, just maybe, it helped a little bit.
Thanks Anthony et al.
I’ll say it again … Oh, Canada!
The government is going to take a beating for this, but it is the strongest move I’ve seen come from a government in years. Small population, but huge guts and large brains!
A hearty ‘Well done!’ for our neighbors up north! Congratulations. May this be the beginning of the end.
Interesting that Kent was a true believer of CAGW back in the 1980 before her got involved in politics.
Canada = A beacon of light in a mad mad world.
And they just happened to pull out on a day when the global temperature is the coldest it’s been (for this date) in a decade. Nice timing!
http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/execute.csh?amsutemps
This made my day.
Oops! Try this link:
http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/execute.csh?amsutemps+002
“A beacon of light in a mad mad world.”
Beacon yes, but their bacon is odd.
Wait till they see the secret exit clause that you aren’t shown until after you commit to leaving but which they agreed to when signing. (its sort of like a EULA for the atmosphere … by opening the box you agree to the terms inside). /sarc
One can only wonder.
Will Obama come out saying that he’s got to kill carbon based restrictions on the American economy for fear that American industry will move north? He could claim he has no choice, those evil right wing capitalists in Canada forced him to do it….
I likewise just sent my minister of environment a hearty atta boy. Steve Mc, Rex M, Ross M, and now Peter Kent! Definitely a good day to be a Canadian!! However our apologies for Suzuki… who has probably just gone ballistic:)
it’s time now for a concerted effort by all countries outside the EU to shoot down the insane, unilateral ETS aviation tax. as every country’s airlines fly in and out of everywhere else, why on earth should the European Union be collecting taxes from the rest of the world?
8 Dec: ICIS: EU carbon allowance allocation to airlines proceeds despite protest
Meanwhile, after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said it will rule on 21 December whether the EU’s inclusion of airlines in the ETS is legal (see EDCM 7 December 2011) – which is expected to give the move a green legal light – US Senator John Thune introduced a bill to block the inclusion of US airlines in the trading system.
“The idea that the European Union has the right to tax American air passengers and carriers flies in the face of our country’s sovereignty,” Thune said in a statement on his website on Wednesday.
“I reject this proposed European tax and will work with my colleagues in Congress and countless concerned stakeholders to block this tax.”…
In 2012, airlines will receive 0.6797 free aviation emissions allowances for every 1,000 tonne-kilometre reported for 2010.
A tonne-kilometre is a measure of the distance travelled and the total weight of load and passengers of flight.
According to calculations by consulting firm Altimedes, British Airways will receive the most 2012 allowances, collecting around 4.82% of total free credits, amounting to 10.35m EUAs.
It will be followed by Ryanair (5.6m EUAs), Iberia (4.6m), Emirates (4.3m) and Easy Jet (3.7m) as the top five recipients of free allowances in 2012.
In 2013-2020, the allocation will fall to 0.64219 free aviation allowances per 1,000 tonne-kilometre reported for 2010.
From 30 April 2013, flights landing or departing from airports within the territories of the EU states, as well as Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, will have to surrender EUAs matching their emissions in the previous year.
Each year, airlines will receive some free EUAs and will have to buy any extras they need on the carbon market.
http://www.icis.com/heren/articles/2011/12/08/9515194/eu-carbon-allowance-allocation-to-airlines-proceeds-despite.html
this one should never get off the ground either:
8 Dec: World Bank Urges Carbon Tax On Maritime Transportation
http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/9904/2011/12/08/world_bank_urges_carbon_tax_maritime_transportation.html
Well, I’ve got some bad news. I just got off the phone with China, and they want us (canada) to ship them $10 Trillion in coal and oil. Naturally, I became concerned about securing payment. They offered me California, Nevada, and Guam. I said…but you guys don’t own California, Nevada, and Guam.
They started laughing. Faxed me copies of the mortgages with Obama’s signature on them.
I nixed Guam right off the hop because I heard it was tippy. They laughed even harder. Turns out, that’s how you find out how much to mortgage them for, tip them over and look at the back side.
Anyway, I’m saying no to California as well. I’m OK with Anthony and Willis becoming Canadian citizens, but I’m not keen on Arnie and the rest of his government, I said they had to keep that bunch. That’s when they stopped laughing. I may have screwed up the whole deal.
No wonder we like sharing a border with our northern neighbors!!!
Kraft Dinners all round chaps. Jolly well done.
I am Gloating and I earned it. Proud to be Canadian today.
To the former activist editor of the Canada’s Leftst paper Ed Greenspon…. I TOLD YOU SO.
All the ink and BS articles in your trash paper in service to the wealth stealing scheme. I have a printed copy of your mindless personal attack on me….you dolt.
To the present editor of Canada’s Leftist paper John Stackhouse, There are consequences to elections. This is a big one. I guess you don’t have as much influence you thought you had.
I call on the Harper government to investigate the billions of dollars farted away by phoney researchers employed at Canadian Universities using federal tax grants.
Global Warming….by people….. Bull!!
I’m Australian but wish I was Canadian.
Well done!!!
One way y’all can help show public support is by voting “yes” at the CBC poll asking the biased question:
Is Canada doing its part in the global fight against climate change?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/12/is-canada-doing-its-part-in-the-global-fight-against-climate-change.html
Greens have been moving the poll to condemn Canada.
Give them a hand if you got time. GK
Currently at:
Yes – 46.14%
No – 52.93%
Und – 0.93%
The Russians could call it Nyeto Day.
Kyoto “into the ash heap of history”! Yea!!
4 marks!!!!
Hopefully this will drive David Suzuki from Canada.
/fingers crossed
Fantastic, well done Mr Kent & PM Harper…..maybe in protest Dr Suzuki could ‘Occupy’ the North Pole in the name of climate change……permanently, never to be seen or heard from again…..well, i can dream can’t i?