Gimbol's diatribe and screed

Here it comes

Looks like Harper's strategy to make the election about the effects of Kyoto are coming to fruitition.

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"Robert Fife, CTV's Ottawa bureau chief, is reporting the following details from the study, which he said has been backed by independent economists:The economy would shrink by 4.2 per cent if Kyoto is implemented. "It says it will cause a recession on par with the 1981-82 recession." Job losses will total 275,000 by 2009 Electricity costs will jump by 50 per cent by 2010 Gasoline costs will jump by 60 per cent almost immediately, and Home heating oil will double."

Yep, and with the opposition parties falling over themselves to be "Kyoto, just Kyoto, and nothign but Kyoto" it will be hard for them to worm their way out of that corner without changing startegy halfway through the campaign.

Labels: Conservative majority, Global tax regime, kyoto

posted by gimbol @ 4:06 AM