Prime Minister Stephen Harper once called the Kyoto accord a “socialist scheme” designed to suck money out of rich countries, according to a letter leaked Tuesday by the Liberals.

The letter, posted on the federal Liberal party website, was apparently written by Harper in 2002, when he was leader of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance party.

He was writing to party supporters, asking for money as he prepared to fight then-prime minister Jean Chrétien on the proposed Kyoto accord.

“We’re gearing up now for the biggest struggle our party has faced since you entrusted me with the leadership,” Harper’s letter says.

“I’m talking about the ‘battle of Kyoto’ — our campaign to block the job-killing, economy-destroying Kyoto accord.”
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Canada officially ratified the accord Dec. 17, 2002, under Chrétien’s Liberal government. Harper’s Conservative government, which took power January 2006, has since been accused of ignoring the accord.
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Global warming is nothing but social engineering on a grand scale. If you are a socialist, you are for it.

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