Well.. I never thought we’d get to this point with the fear-mongering on Kyoto done by the Tories, but apparently we have:
Opposition MPs and environmentalists are baffled and outraged by warnings from a Conservatives MP that aggressive action to fight climate change and air pollution could lead to an increase in domestic violence and suicides. The remarks were made Thursday by Tory member of Parliament Jeff Watson at a parliamentary committee studying the minority government’s proposed “clean air” legislation.
Next round of claims: If we fight climate change, it will result in the murder rate going up! Anarchy in the streets! Cats will get along with dogs!
Jeff Watson’s got to put his crack pipe away. Idiocy like this is why I didn’t renew my membership in December. Gah.
http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2007/02/18/kyoto-the-killer/
Very cute. Glad to see the folks in Alberta have a sense of humour.
I’m all for hearing how we can address climate change from you – if your answer is the Tories Clean Air Act and using intensity targets.. that’s a non-starter.
However, that’s not the issue of this topic or this thread.. its the ridiculous demagoguery that Watson is using to try and claim Kyoto will end life as we know it 🙄
if you folks are reduced to claiming Kyoto is the only solution to addressing climate change, then you really are in dire desperate straits.
Wilson.. if you folks are reduced to claiming Kyoto or fighting climate change are going to cause more suicides and domestic violence, then you really are in dire desperate straits.
You all might want to take a boo at Rambling Socialist’s blogg
http://joshmanicus.blogspot.com/2007/02/shame-on-jeff-watson.html
as he talks about how Watson and tags to the Windsor Star in response to Watson’s suggestion of “Kyoto killer.” http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=6c11d1db-b7c5-4252-b60f-4e9eb2a10188&k=27452&p=1
I got from the article that are definitely challenging his ‘integrity.’
If you don’t get it, you were too young to have lived thru ‘Rae Days’ and the NEP.
People lost their jobs, their businesses, their homes…and yes there were suicides.
MSM knows that, and is giving Dion a break.
A man of integrity?
Claiming suicides and wife beatings will go up if we aggressively fight climate change?
You Conservatives sure have an odd definition of what integrity is.
Jeff Watson is a man of integrity who has worked very hard for his constiuency.
Wicked men and evil forces are all around but Watson will succeed.
Jeff Watson is out of Essex – not far from me. He won by less then 4000 votes last time.. and I would suggest this comment would make him more of a target then he already is.
Wow, I thought this was a spoof at first.
Well, I guess it just shows why Harper has to keep such a tight leash on these guy’s. You can’t do the all the time though, obviously.
Perhaps we just sit back and watch the implosion?
I don’t know why he isn’t getting a rougher ride on this.
this is one of the most stupid things I have ever heard a politician say.
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