Kyota hypocracy

Jack Kelly:

It isn't absolutely necessary to be a hypocrite in order to be a liberal, but it sure helps.

During the first week in December, ten thousand people gathered in Montreal for a UN-sponsored conference on global warming.

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In his address, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin took a poke at the United States for refusing to sign on to the Kyoto Accord.

Toronto Star columnist Richard Gwyn agreed with what Mr. Martin had to say about the evil Bush administration, but speaking of Canada in general and Mr. Martin's Liberal government in particular, Mr. Gwyn noted:

"We've done nothing about climate change and about global warming except talk. For us to now preach at others is pure hypocrisy."

Since 1990, the base year for Kyoto calculations, Canadian emissions of so-called "greenhouse gases" have increased 24.2 percent, while those of the United States have increased by only 13.3 percent, Mr. Gwyn noted.

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With the possible exception of Russia, no country will benefit more from global warming than Canada. The melting ice cap will open up the northwest passage shortening the trade routes from Asia to the US east coast and to Europe. It will also open up new areas for exploration for oil and other minerals. It will moderate their weather causing fewer Canadians to migrate to Florida. With the countries recent legalization of swinger clubs there should be plenty of hot times in the formerly frozen tundra.