I’ve talked about these signs before. The environment is among the top 3 issues for Canadians and the vast majority disagree with Harper’s approach of sticking our heads into Alberta’s oil sands, poll shows:

Overall, 79% of Canadians and 81% of Albertans said that greenhouse gas emissions from the sector should be “capped at current levels and then reduced” because of the impact on global warming, according to the McAllister Opinion Research poll. Only 12% of respondents, both in the province and in the country as a whole, said that emissions from the oilsands sector should be “allowed to exceed current levels” so as to encourage economic growth. - Mark De Sousa, National Post

Ecology and economics are interlinked. If the environment is polluted and our climate has changed, there is no economic future for Canada or anyone else. 4 out of 5 Canadians understand that, why doesn’t our government and opposition parties?

The environment is what the federal opposition parties should talk about: cap-and-trade, carbon taxes along with tax cuts for Canadians, alternative energy, new technologies, tougher standards, etc.

BC listened and introduced carbon taxes. In today’s Liberal budget, we are seeing some signs of a cap-and-trade system:

“Will begin with an aggressive cap-and-trade initiative — when new regulations are introduced, others will be eliminated” - Finance Minister Dwight Duncan’s speech to the Ontario Legislature, March 24th 4pm

Quebec is not too far behind.

The environment is the issue that should bring down the Conservative government, its what Canadians want and its the right thing to do.