Stephen Harper is going to have to chew you out for not going far enough:
OTTAWA, CALGARY — Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is at odds with the federal government and on a collision course with other premiers after the release yesterday of his long-anticipated climate-change plan.
On the eve of an expected election call, Mr. Stelmach promised that his province will freeze greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and reduce them by 14 per cent from 2005 levels by 2050. But that target is a long way from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s promises at international summits that Canada will reduce its heat-trapping emissions at least 60 per cent by this century’s halfway mark.
Also, you have to wonder where Albertans for Change got the idea that Ed doesn’t have a plan, eh?
Mr. Stelmach said that the policy represents a “real plan” that doesn’t contain “hot air.” However, aside from the commitments to create a carbon capture council and an undefined pledge to commit up to $500-million towards carbon capture initiatives, the plan provides almost no details on what actions will actually be taken by the government, such as financial assistance for the carbon dioxide pipeline development.