Let's see, do they want to save the world or suck on the government's teat to line their pockets? My question to environmentalists: Who has the hidden agenda now?
According to Steve Janke, Stephane Dion gave millions to evironmental special interest groups when he was the Environment Minister. When the Conservatives took office, they ended such funding through the Accountability Act. Now the ennvironmentalists are pissed:
Environmentalists say the Conservatives' communications strategy on climate change almost exactly echoes advice in a three-year-old briefing book written by U.S. pollster and communications adviser Frank Luntz.
"The reality is that the Harper government has studied Republican tactics carefully and is implementing them one at a time,'' said Louise Comeau, project director of the Sage Climate Project.
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Consider these numbers. They are the funds received by environmental groups in 2005-2006, while Stephane Dion was environment minister- Pembina Institute: $403,240
- Sage Foundation: $107,000
- Climate Action Network: $1,783,769
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