Lorrie Makes Some Valid Points

But I don't think even he expects perfection from any leader, whether it is in politics or the real world, so we have to make decisions based on the lesser of two evils so I will be going with Stephen because I envision total chaos if leftists like dion/layton/may were to be given the keys to the candy store.

Harper heads for carbon fiasco

By LORRIE GOLDSTEIN

Hey, have you heard about Stephen Harper's plan to fight global warming by raising the cost of everything?

Because he does have one and he's been getting a free ride on it in this election, simply by incessantly charging Liberal Leader Stephane Dion's Green Shift will increase the price of everything.

Back in the real world, Harper promises to put a price on emitting carbon just like Dion.

True, his plan isn't as ambitious as the Liberal leader's.

Harper's promising to reduce Canada's carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2020 compared to 2006, the year the Conservatives took power.

Dion promises a bigger cut of 20% by 2020 compared to 1990, the base year of the Kyoto Accord.

But unlike Dion, Harper has given no serious explanation of how he'll help Canadians cope with higher energy prices, while Dion has promised lower income taxes and new tax credits in order to do so.

Harper, like -- ironically -- NDP Leader Jack Layton, proposes a cap-and-trade market in carbon credits, every bit as controversial as Dion's carbon tax.

Carbon trading (under Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme) has been a fiasco, resulting in skyrocketing electricity prices for consumers and undeserved profits for corporations, while greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise.

The Kyoto initiative through which countries and companies can obtain carbon credits -- the Clean Development Mechanism -- is rife with allegations of profiteering and ineffectiveness.

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