Peter Foster: Cameron’s Damascene conversion

“[Oilsands] will be a curse if it’s not managed properly,” said Mr. Cameron diplomatically, before going on to note that: “It can also be a great gift to Canada and to Alberta if it is managed properly. Personally, I believe that this is an incredible resource…. It’s the single-largest reserve of potential crude oil next to Saudi Arabia and in an energy-starved future that’s going to be a piece that’s going to really put Canada in a different position and help with energy independence in North America.”
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Let’s also hope that his newfound desire to inform himself takes him beyond the red mist that appears in front of liberals’ eyes when they hear the phrase “climate change.”

Earlier this year, Mr. Cameron demanded a “shootout” with climate-change skeptics, whom he has called “boneheads” and “swine.” He suggested that climate doubts could only be fostered by a well-funded fossil-fuel industry “denial machine.” He claimed that “Anybody that is a global-warming denier at this point has got their head so deeply up their ass I’m not sure they could hear me.” But when it came time to actually take on three skeptics in August, Mr. Cameron, having repeatedly changed the rules of engagement, withdrew. The last desperate excuse from his minders was that one of the opposition, Mark Morano — attack-dog editor of the Climate Depot website — just wasn’t up to Mr. Cameron’s “stature.” Mr. Morano said that Mr. Cameron went from “king of the world to chicken of the sea.”