Kyoto vote passes

Just a quick post to pass on my congratulations to the opposition parties for standing together behind Stephan Dion's motion to reaffirm the goals and spirit of the Kyoto accord.

According to Garth Turner's blog it was quite the spectacle.

Points of interest raised by Turner:

1. Newly minted environment minister John Baird, looked way more sheepish than usual as he voted against the only meaningful climate change motion brought before Parliament since the last election. The Commons rocked with hoots and hollers of derision as he stood.
2. If Jean Charest calls the election in Quebec for March 24th, and Jim Flaherty brings down his federal budget on March 20th, then the path is clear for Mr. Harper to engineer his defeat in early April for a federal vote in mid-May. Trust me - it has always been the plan of Conservative wizard Doug Finley to have a Spring 2007 election, before too much baggage accumulates, before the feds actually have to make hard decisions about the environment and in the wake of a federalist victory in Quebec.

If the Conservatives are dumb enough to go to the polls in the Spring... I say, bring it on...You're going down!