john baird

The governments of Ontario and Quebec have entered into a formal agreement to set up an inter-provincial carbon trading market. Initiated by the premiers of Ontario and Quebec - Dalton McGunity and and Jean Charest respectively, the market is slated to go live by 2010.

The new Tory plan to sequester carbon may seem like a good idea, but it is really more about sweeping the issue of the tar sands, and the emission created by the tar sands, under the rug (or more accurately underground).

On the front page of the Canadian government's "eco-action" page is the worst photoshopped image I've ever seen -- apparently the environment minister wears a suit on mountaintops...