Everyone in or around the news media will tell you that the Canadian people are just as enamored with Barack Hussein Obama as are the American people but don't bet on it ...more and more Canadians have awoken from the Obama spell and have discovered that their southern neighbor's leader will more than likely destroy the land of O Canada!
Here's an article from MACLEANS.ca that should send a chill down every Canadians spine, even if they're a tin foil hat wearing Bee Ceer - it's a long article so I encourage you to go to the link and read it all, here's some of the top points:
Here's an article from MACLEANS.ca that should send a chill down every Canadians spine, even if they're a tin foil hat wearing Bee Ceer - it's a long article so I encourage you to go to the link and read it all, here's some of the top points:
Why Barack Obama is bad for Canada
“These are large reductions. They change the way we use fuels. You can see the writing on the wall for tar sands.” Even more distressing for Canada, the bill includes provisions that would punish imports from countries whose carbon regulations are deemed by Washington to be less stringent than those of the U.S.—making it a potentially much more broadly protectionist act with implications for other sectors of the economy as well.
For as much as Canadians love Obama, is it possible he doesn’t love us back? His climate change legislation comes at a time of severe protectionist sentiment in Congress and an erosion of trust in Canada in response to “Buy American” provisions in the US$787-billion stimulus bill. When he met with Harper, Obama vowed that his administration would adhere to commitments in international trade agreements. But American municipalities and states have demanded only American-made steel and manufactured goods in their procurement contracts. Canadian municipalities voted this month to retaliate by excluding U.S. suppliers from municipal contracts unless the Harper government can negotiate an amended trade agreement with Washington within four months.
The potential impact of the U.S. legislation poses another dilemma for Canada: should it wait to see what its biggest energy customer comes up with before setting in stone its own legislation—or should it forge ahead independently, and be a leader not a follower? For Obama, climate change legislation is one of the hallmarks of his ambitious agenda. He has said he wants a climate change bill on his desk to sign in time for the mid-December United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, both to show that the U.S. is making progress and to pressure countries such as China and India to do their share.
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