Can Canada's liberals win on Green Issues?

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http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39388/story.htm
OTTAWA - Canadian voters look set to face stark choices in a federal election likely next year, as tax-cutting Conservatives face off against a new-look Liberal Party that will put the environment at the top of its agenda.


The latest thinking, the key platform of new Liberal leader Stephane Dion, taps into a groundswell of voter concern about global warming and environmental issues.

But it's not clear if Canadians are really ready to go green or if Dion can win an election by focusing on the environment, especially after he explains to voters how much extra his plans could cost.

Dion won the Liberal leadership on Saturday after persuading fellow Liberals that Canada must improve its sorry performance on the environment.

Canadian greenhouse gas emissions are already 35 percent above the target set under the Kyoto protocol on climate change, and critics say that is partly due to inaction under the Liberals' own watch -- the party was in government from 1993 to 2006.

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1. I think they can win with Dion. He's a very honest person. Very decent.

Nobody's patsy like Harper. I think he can win because he is so liberal and so green.