Kyoto- get ready!

[cowman]

pettie: Of course we realize that eastern Canada is more than Toronto. Do you think we turn a blind eye to the decent kind people who are sending hay out here? And do you realize that about one in every three workers in the oil patch is from the Maritines? We know these are GOOD people! I would suggest this is what Canada SHOUD be about!
Maybe the problem isn't Canada at all but the scum who have hijacked Canada! It just bothers us that the east continues to put these low-lifes in year after year!
I truly believe something is really wrong in this country. It seems, to me, it happened about the time Trudeau got in! I suspect the people of Quebec and Ontario know it too?

[pettie]

Cowman- We in the Maritimes ( the true eastern Canada ) do not consider Que/Ont a part of us . They are Central Canada to us and I agree, it's not Canada that sucks, but the politicians..However, that said, being a Canuck living in the U.S.A. , all I can say 'bout Canada is .. 'Tis the greatest land God ever made ' !!!!!!!!

[cowman]

Now I'm not going to say I know every part of Canada because I don't. The furthest east I've ever been was Manitoba! But I've worked with guys from every province, including Quebec, and mostly they've been good people. I worked with a bunch of guys from Refrew Ont. who were a very capable crew!
I truly like Newfies and bluenosers! They have a good outlook on life and really enjoy themselves(wildmen)!!! I remember one young Newfie who got a job on the rigs. After about 6 months I saw him...he had a big stetson on, a bigger belt buckle, and was driving a new firebird with all the bells and whistles! I said"Well Johnny you look like your doing pretty well?" His reply "When I first came out here I was kind of lost. It seemed like Alberta was all about the allmighty buck. But yea, it sure beats shoveling fish guts with a scoop shovel!" Of course all in that accent they have! Broke me up!

[cowman]

In the Red Deer Advocate they had a story about an interview with Herb Dwali, a Liberal minister of natural resources or something like that. Basically he said Canada will sign Kyoto but doesn't intend to really implement it! It seems Liberal interpretation of the accord is quite different from how the rest of the world sees it! Thus he's going to take credits for selling the US natural gas and for all the forests and grassland....net result...business as usual! Well other than a few little goodies like added taxes!!! To lower consumption you know? Sort of like hiking cigarette taxes...for the good of our health, right? Is anyone fooled by these slickers?

[steel]

Kyoto would make a difference. Thats what the tree huggers are telling us and they are usually a pesamistic bunch; however, Kyoto needs one last clause added to it. If any country who has signed the accord wants to sell a product to a country that has not signed, a 30%(no less than 10% anyway) surtax must be charged. That way every country jumps on the band wagon or it falls apart. Either way it is fair. Without such a clause, Canada should not sign up either. I think this is better than saying it won't make a difference. That just sounds to much like George W to me.

[Deb]

Reading this paranoid anti-Kyoto garbage makes me ill. Are you blind to the effects of climate change that are showing themselves loud and clear here in Canada? If the temperature rises and the weather extremes increase on the Great Plains, there won't be any farmers because there won't be any farms! The Kyoto Accord is not a plot to steal money from unsuspecting taxpayers, it is an effort to salvage the future for our descendants. We pay now, with improved energy efficiency, or they pay later, as environmental refugees.