(1) Does the Bloc Quebecois support Kyoto? If so, does that make the Conservatives the only party in the House that does not?

(2) About four years ago, a group of Canadian scientists issued a report stating that global warming was not caused by the burning of hydrocarbons and that Kyoto was not necessary. Most of the scientists were geologists and none were climatologists. The research was funded by the oil industry. Can anyone be more specific as to the details?

(3) The last I heard of the "Lands for Life" policy of Mike Harris, it was in the consultation stage. Were the forest products companies given vast tracks of hardwood forest? Were the forests slow growing, meaning, that if "harvested", they would never rejuvinate?

(4) Would reducing or ending the burning of coal at the Richard L. Hearn and Lakeview Generating Stations in Toronto contribute toward Canada's Kyoto objectives?

(5) Last December, friends took me to the rotating restaurant in the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, where a frequent sight was of coal trains passing through The Forks on CN track. Does any of the coal traveling this route originate in the coal fields of Alberta and Saskatchewan and end up being burned in the power stations in Toronto?

(6) After Premier Gordon Campbell of B.C. was caught driving drunk, he needed a friendly audience before which to make his first public appearance about two weeks later. It was an association of B.C. forest products companies. What was its name?

http://www.cofi.org/index.htm

This the Council Of Forest Industries.

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Originally posted by Tablesaw:

(1) Does the Bloc Quebecois support Kyoto? If so, does that make the Conservatives the only party in the House that does not?

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The BQ is a strong supporter of Kyoto, as is the PQ. One of the strongest actually.

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(2) About four years ago, a group of Canadian scientists issued a report stating that global warming was not caused by the burning of hydrocarbons and that Kyoto was not necessary. Most of the scientists were geologists and none were climatologists. The research was funded by the oil industry. Can anyone be more specific as to the details?

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Association of Petroleum Exporters I think...

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(4) Would reducing or ending the burning of coal at the Richard L. Hearn and Lakeview Generating Stations in Toronto contribute toward Canada's Kyoto objectives?

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Yes.

4) I'd guess it would depend partly on what Ontario did to replace the energy generating capacity. I mean, they could close the Hearn 'cause it's in Toronto, but increase the coal burnt at a less central plant, or something.
I don't know what would be the Kyoto impact if we shut down our plants and just bought energy from coal plants in the (non-Kyoto) US.

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5) No idea about the coal you saw, but my guess would be that much coal burnt in Ontario would come from US states--maybe Ohio or Pennsylvania--which might be closer than the 'Peg. You might be able to get your answer by finding out where coal in US Great Lakes states gets exported to. It would really surprise me if coal from Alberta made it all the way to the T-dot. More likely to send it to BC, or Washington, methinks.

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