Back from the brink

Bishop Hill
"A sudden outbreak of sanity seems to have taken hold Canada. Firstly the idea of a carbon tax appears to have been killed off for good:

Conservatives kill carbon tax

Conservatives have kiboshed a carbon tax, Environment Minister Peter Kent confirmed Thursday."It's off the table," he told reporters Thursday after accepting an award from World Wildlife Fund International on behalf of Parks Canada."There's no expectation of cap-and-trade continentally in the near or medium future."