It looks like touting the fictional environmental efforts of former Ontario Con Premier Mike Harris wasn’t enough of a lie for our Environmental–with heavy emphasis on the “mental”–Minister John Baird. As Another Point of View discovers, he’s also telling lies about US efforts to curb ghg emissions.

The false claim:

But Baird says the United States has done more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions than Canada did under the previous Liberal government.

The reality:

Scientists Condemn US as Emissions of Greenhouse Gases Hit Record Level
The United States emitted more greenhouse gases in 2004 than at any time in history, confirming its status as the world’s biggest polluter. Latest figures on the US contribution to global warming show that its carbon emissions have risen sharply despite international concerns over climate change.

The figures, which were quietly released on Easter Monday, reveal that net greenhouse gas emissions during 2004 increased by 1.7 per cent on the previous year, equivalent to a rise of 110 million tons of carbon dioxide…

The figures show that the total US emissions have risen by 15.8 per cent from 1990 to 2004

U.S. Predicting Steady Increase For Emissions
The Bush administration estimates that emissions by the United States of gases that contribute to global warming will grow nearly as fast through the next decade as they did the previous decade, according to a long-delayed report being completed for the United Nations.

I didn’t think it was possible, but Baird’s incompetence on the evironmental portfolio has surpassed Ambrose’s.

By the way, would it really kill our media when confronted with stuff like, “Baird says the United States has done more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions than Canada did under the previous Liberal government,” to follow it up with, “This of course, is complete bullshit.”