Great Moments in Farce

Jim Flaherty, outlining the Harper government’s budget on February 26, 2008.

Jim Flaherty, outlining the Harper government’s budget on February 26, 2008.

Our government is also providing $66 million over two years to lay the foundation for market based mechanisms that will establish a price for carbon and support the development of carbon trading in Canada.

By the Harper government’s current reasoning, this was Jim Flaherty investing in the creation of a carbon tax.

Here, again, is everything you need to know about the farcical nature of the Conservatives’ current position on cap-and-trade.