The government stopping a scientist from speaking out on issues of global climate change?  That’s hardly news — in fact we heard that just a few weeks ago, no?

The difference is of course that this is happening not in the big bad USA but now in happy progressive fun-land Canada.  It seems that now Canadians cannot be righteously indignant and superior about this any longer, as the new Conservative government muzzles a Canadian scientist from speaking out about his fictional book on climate change.  Just in case that wasn’t quite enough for you, that same Conservative government cancelled 15 programs designed to help Canada meet its Kyoto obligations.

Canada, meet regressive politics.  Regressive politics, meet Canada.  Hope you have a nice time, please try not to break anything past the point of being able to fix things later ok?  Pretty please?