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Clean energy: the key to avoiding an economic nightmare

by Scott on December 31, 2008

I think it’s reasonable to assume that an overwhelming percentage of Canadians would claim that they are concerned about the future of our planet. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever met anybody who wasn’t at least a little bit concerned about our environment.

Canadian voting patterns, however, indicate something quite different. Election after election, Canadians tend to place the environment quite low on the list of election issues upon which they cast their vote. The economy has historically been among the top issues on the minds of voters, so let’s take a look at the environment through an economic lens.

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Harper’s economic ship is sinking

by Mike on October 11, 2008

Last week, I said that Canada desperately needs leadership on the economy. I also complained and that Stephen Harper’s lack of concern for our economic well-being and failure to release a platform didn’t instill confidence. On Tuesday, the Conservatives finally produced their plan with less than a week to go before election day.

I’ve studied the economic portions of the Conservative Platform and have come to conclusion that Preston Manning was right when he said that Stephen Harper was like the captain of a ship in “stormy economic seas”. But, far from promising to assuredly navigate the country through the rough waters ahead, the Conservative Platform evokes an image of Harper as a helpless sailor desperately trying to bail water out of his leaky ship.

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