meggo Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 just came from gary lunn... *fingers crossed for something useful*apparently there will be more from john baird later.from the globe and mail: Tories environment plan targets homes, businessCanadian PressToronto — The Conservatives are promising $300 million to help homeowners and businesses make their buildings more energy efficient.Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn says Ottawa will give homeowners an average grant of $1,000 which he expects will reduce their energy costs by 30 per cent.He also says 800 small businesses will receive help to reduce their energy bills as well.Mr. Lunn unveiled the last plank of the Conservative's green energy plan at Toronto's home show Sunday after promising earlier this week that Ottawa would spend $230-million over four years for research into clean energy.Liberals have accused the Conservatives of repackaging their party's previous environment initiatives.Political observers say the Conservatives are just trying to neutralize the thorny issue of environmental policy and climate change with a possible election coming in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 meh. now that i'm listening to the panel's reaction, sounds like they should have just kept the original energuide program. well.. better than nothing i guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I can't believe the gall of the conservatives of scrapping all the liberal plans, then parading them back out one by one a year later as if they were their own. I hope voters will recognize this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I can't believe the gall of the conservatives of scrapping all the liberal plans, then parading them back out one by one a year later as if they were their own. I hope voters will recognize this.ding! ding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 one thing that did sound promising was talk of more funding for protecting a wilderness area in BC [great bear?]. so there's that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 EnerGuide was an actual "Made in Canada" program as the Cons like to talk about....and the original program gave extra $$ to low-income families, who not being part of the middle class Conservative base, are not included in the program anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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