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To me the issue is the Ontario government forcing hardships on people far is excess of what they have to. The Paris agreement set targets for emission reductions. All Ontario has to do is meet their share of Canada's targets. They chose to make reductions that FAR exceed what they need to. By a LOT.

You offered a false choice. Black / white thinking. I responded appropriately. Let's not pretend otherwise.

I suggest you re-read my response as it said nothing about global warming or climate change. It applies to air pollution - and Wynne's "blogger mommy" solution. It is not an A or B choice as you suggest.

Wynne's "do something" unfortunately is to offer up the people of Ontario for sacrificial immolation much like a mother putting her family on a starvation diet hoping it helps solve the obesity problem in western societies.

Sure there is. Costs, taxes, and relative wealth are different all over the world. The world situation is not Ontario's situation so why deliberately create hardship in Ontario?

Ontario taxpayers are not shouldering the $2.6 trillion dollar cost. They are however paying highly for a mostly symbolic reduction gesture.

Manitoba thanks you. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/manitoba-will-benefit-fromontarios-climate-policy-382111891.html "Manitoba will soon see its first wave of climate-change refugees. People and industry will move, not because of rising sea levels or expanding deserts, but because of spiralling energy costs and soaring taxes."

Only in your dreams. Please name a successful country that accepts no imports.

And #3 - you can't export unless you accept imports.

Sure. We can become a small poor socialist commune that outsources nothing like North Korea. There isn't the population in Canada to support industry that can't export.

Sure. Look at Venezuela. It has almost double the oil reserves that Canada has. Look how rich they are.

Some people believe Commies are hiding under their bed and some believe CEOs are. Those two groups will never agree on anything. The silent majority is more thoughtful regardless whether the first two groups think they are dumb sheep. Look at the issues rather than resorting to the biases of your parents.

Well if you hate big business then you are probably not voting or voting for the Big Union party.

Omnibus bills are not a Harper invention. Chretien made it into a science. Martin continued it. Harper followed suit. To say that Harper is unique and these bills are somehow subverting democracy is ridiculous.

Crappie is excellent. Equal to walleye if not better. I eat a few bass and pike every year too. They need to be fresh however. Walleye will keep for a while in the freezer but pike and bass lose a lot once frozen. Crappie never makes it the freezer