Victoria Liberalย Member of Parliament and formerย Canadian Environment Minister was asked on the CBC Radio show The House, onย Dec. 3 whether heย will be looking for a corporate gig after he leaves politics, perhaps withย ExxonMobile.
His answer, for theย record:
โNo, I think of all the companies I would be least likely to work for, ExxonMobil would be it. They are definitely the sort of Darth Vader of my life. (Laughs) They fought bitterly to make sure that Canada did as little as possible on the environmental front with respect to Kyoto; they didnโt want to have any model in North America which people in the United States could look to; they did their damndest to discount the science and to discourage any activity here among the business community and the political people as well. I trust that in the future, when it is perfectly clear to everyone, including ExxonMobil, what a mess they made of the opportunity that we had to get in place climate change measures, I hope they recognise and make appropriate apologies for what I describe as a disgraceful performance by a major economic player.โ
