Green Options

Despite its less than impressive treatment of the climate change issue, the Canadian government now claims it has a plan to reduce carbon emissions, and for that reason, believes it will find common ground with an Obama administration despite differences on issues like trade.

Perhaps I’m mistaken, but it seems that some Canadians like to use vivid examples from nature to help illustrate their political talking points. Several days ago, the Conservative Party’s website featured an attack ad that utilized a bird pooping on Stephane Dion, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, to enhance the negative message’s effect.  Steven Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister, apologized today for the ad which he called “totally inappropriate.”