One of Canadaโs top climate scientists – a Nobel-winning lead author on each of the last three reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – has written an opinion piece in the Victoria Times Colonist, denouncing the BC New Democratic Party for its opposition to the BC carbonย tax.
Accusing the NDP of making โdemonstrably false assertionsโ in its attack on the carbon tax, University of Victoria Professor Andrew Weaverย says:
โThe NDPโs so-called environmental platform is regressive and counter-productive. I hope our message to the world from the election is that political opportunism, gimmickry and short-sightedness doesnโt work with B.C. voters; British Columbians truly care about the environment and intergenerationalย equity.โ
Weaver is also the author of the excellent book,ย Keeping our Cool: Canada in a Warming World.
