Nor are constructive proposals coming from the opposition parties or the provinces. This humiliating disarray might be funny if it were not so important. In fairness, climate change is an extraordinarily complex intersection of environmental and political concerns. It requires us to reconsider nuclear power, Great Whale, conservation, transportation, city planning, etc. This could change our economy and daily life as much as the harnessing of electricity did a century ago .
Climate change is intensely political.
Worse, the long term gain may be invisible because the best we can hope for is that nothing will happen, i.e. that the weather will go on much as before. Fortunately, the steps we need to take could have other substantial advantages, from improved business efficiency and cleaner, quieter cities to reduced reliance on the volatile nations of the Middle East. Harmonization later Further progress on the national harmonization accord has been deferred till mid 1998. The November '97 CCME meeting was canceled, as Minister Stewart was tied up on climate change. The impact of trade law on environmental regulation continues to grow.