Doctoral student and climate alarmist Jeremy Jacquot seriously misinterprets the Canadian election

Jeremy Jacquot: Taking a Cue from the Canadian Election's Focus on Climate Change

Imagine for a minute an election in which green issues like carbon taxes and renewable energy take center stage -- an election in which 60 percent of voters recently made clear that climate change will be a top issue, or even the issue, guiding their ballot. Sound far-fetched?

Maybe in the United States, where other issues, like the economy, have (understandably) come to occupy a more prominent position -- but not in Canada, where the October election pitting incumbent Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper against Liberal party leader Stéphane Dion and a number of third parties.

Indeed, while climate change, and, to a lesser extent, energy (save from the "debate" over offshore drilling, of course), remain on the periphery of most American voters' minds, the issue has come to almost dominate the Canadian election.

I think Jacquot's article is seriously wrong, since all indications seem to be that Canadians' resolve on global warming is cooling with their economy. The fact that Dion is now backing away from his own Green Shift is telling. Jacquot should also take a long look at the recent dismal polling results for the Green Shift.

About Jeremy Jacquot

He is a doctoral student at the University of Southern California, where he studies water management and biogeochemistry; he obtained his B.S. in marine biology from UCLA in 2005.