Stephen Harper announces cancellation of Earth Day
By rabble staff | April 1, 2009
LONDON, UK -- "Canada, among all the advanced countries, is best positioned to prosper and profit from the ecological crisis," announced Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shortly after arriving for the opening of the G20 summit.
"Earth Day is a pessimistic and -- frankly -- socialistic concept, and we would rather focus on the many causes for optimism in the 21st century," explained Harper. "Some people see the Arctic ice cap as half melted, but I prefer to see a new shipping route as half freed up."
"The only thing we have to fear about climate change is fear of climate change itself."
Canada's Conservative government, said Harper, will be introducing a motion in Parliament to cancel the April 22 celebration of Earth Day, replacing it with Oil Sands Day.
"I will have to study this proposal," responded Liberal opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, adding, "On the surface, though, it sounds awesome, much like the oil sands themselves."
"And, as you know, I don't take lessons from National Geographic ," added the Liberal leader in reference to his disparaging remarks about a story the magazine did last month on the environmental impact of Alberta's 'tar sands.'
Prime Minister Harper, once an ardent denier of anthropogenic climate change, now acknowledges the human affect on climate.
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