The "Showdown in Regina" that environmental groups had hoped for failed to materialize Friday, as Canada's premiers ended three days of meetings by sidestepping contentious aspects of the climate change debate.
Instead, premiers and territorial leaders announced consensus on the need to prepare for the ongoing H1N1 pandemic, fight U.S. protectionism, improve the country's employment insurance program and promote innovation to diversify and strengthen the Canadian economy.
So the Green People, and thats not the Rider Nation, are disappointed that the Premier's didn't do anything for them on all their environmental concerns.
The premiers had offered different approaches to combat climate change, but opted for an end-of-meeting statement simply stating they agreed Canada would be "well served to work with the United States on a continental approach."
So what were these people expecting. You have about a dozen premiers there from all different parts of the country and someone is expecting them to come up with something that suits everyone. Now maybe if they were voting themselves a pay raise or something like that, you might have a unanimous outcome. But the environment. Environmentalists themselves can't even agree on most points.nvironmental groups accused the premiers of making "lacklustre motherhood statements" rather than making their meeting a "rumble in Regina."
"The premiers should have taken off the gloves and gone bare-knuckle with Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ottawa," said Dave Martin, climate and energy co-ordinator for Greenpeace Canada. A rumble in Regina. Has a nice ring but a rather stupid comment.
The Premiers did agree on a couple of things. H1N1 is bad. Everyone should get a piggy flu shot and they led the way in getting it done.
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