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| Harper's 2002 letter dismisses Kyoto as 'socialist scheme' |
| 2007-01-31 |
| Prime Minister Stephen Harper once called the Kyoto accord a "socialist scheme" designed to suck money out of rich countries, according to a letter leaked Tuesday by the Liberals. The letter, posted on the federal Liberal party website, was apparently written by Harper in 2002, when he was leader of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance party. He was writing to party supporters, asking for money as he prepared to fight then-prime minister Jean Chrétien on the proposed Kyoto accord. "We're gearing up now for the biggest struggle our party has faced since you entrusted me with the leadership," Harper's letter says. "I'm talking about the 'battle of Kyoto' — our campaign to block the job-killing, economy-destroying Kyoto accord." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 A 'Master of the Obvious' graphic, please. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-01-31 22:58 |
| #5 "a letter leaked Tuesday by the Liberals" Because they thought it was going to hurt Harper (with normal people, that is)? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-31 20:15 |
| #4 Prime Minister Stephen Harper once called the Kyoto accord a "socialist scheme" designed to suck money out of rich countries... Yeah? Like this is news? |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2007-01-31 18:46 |
| #3 I urge all Canadians who believe in global warming to immediately shut off their heaters and send the unused oil south. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-31 18:32 |
| #2 Harper is right. Here's a story that was in my local newspaper today about what the donks believe about "global warming". Instapundit had an artice yesterday about two books from the scientific community that expounded that ALL climate change could be accounted for by solar variables and solar cycles, and that the findings could be verified by climate models. The entire "global warming" meme is an attempt to grab more control of commerce, and has nothing to do with a "weather emergency". |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-31 16:12 |
| #1 Prime Minister Stephen Harper once called the Kyoto accord a "socialist scheme" designed to suck money out of rich countries, according to a letter leaked Tuesday by the Liberals Harper is very perceptive. I s'pose the LP put it on their website for the same reason Harper sent it in the first place: fundraising from the base. Can posting a mass-mailing really be called a 'leak'? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-01-31 14:17 |