Open any national newspaper today and you will be bombarded by a slew of articles taking various positions on the hot-button issues we have come to know as climate change.
This article in the Globe and Mail warns of the many economic benefits Canada will miss out on if we choose to ignore our obligation to cut carbon emissions.
Meanwhile here in the National Post we are warned that if we try to meet the targets set our in the Kyoto Protocol, Canada will go into its worst recession since the Second World War.
At the same time, this Toronto Star article warns of the potential negative economic impact climate change will have if we don’t act on Kyoto now.
So which is it?
Will we miss out on the so-called economic benefits related to energy efficiency and emissions reduction by not meeting our Kyoto obligations?
Will we be plagued by the financial burden of potential floods, rising sea levels and water shortages if we don’t meet our targets?
Or will meeting these targets cause the loss of 275,000 jobs in a recession parallel to that of the 1940s?
With so many opposing views and contradictory doomsday scenarios it is hard to understand how any Canadian can make heads or tails of this issue.  How can we determine what is best for our country and best for our environment with so much white noise being created by our politicians and fed to us by the media?
Canadians who want to cut through the political jargon and the excessive environmental fear mongering surrounding this issue should pick up a copy of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism.
It is time to eliminate the environmental rhetoric and get straight to the facts.  Do we want to send our economy into a tailspin by complying with an Accord that would only avoid an undetectable warming of 0.07 degrees Celsius by 2050?   Or do we want the facts surrounding this issue so we can move forward with the best plan for our environment, our economy and our country?