Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Monday, May 13, 2013

Peter Kent: Better Oil Price Needed For Emissions Controls To Work

OTTAWA - Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent is in London today to kick off another global tour to sell Canada's record on global warming.

Kent says new controls on oil and gas emissions are on their way, but companies will need a better price for their crude in order to be able to deal with a new regulatory burden.

He says that if the so-called Canada discount can be reduced, then companies will have enough money to invest heavily in new technology that will reduce emissions.

A better price requires approvals for pipelines such as the Keystone XL project to send Canadian crude to tidewater in Texas.

But in the complicated world of climate change politics, those approvals also depend on Canada showing the world it is cracking down on emissions.

Kent's roadshow follows a similar trip by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver through Europe last week, and will be augmented by Prime Minister Stephen Harper making the pitch to Wall Street on Thursday.

Kent says he hopes to lower the temperature of public discussion around the environmental record in Canada's oil patch.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca
Author: CP

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