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Harper's letter dismisses Kyoto as 'socialist scheme'

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 | 8:55 PM ET

CBC News

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. "

 

The accord is an international environmental pact that sets targets

for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

 

 

" Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies

in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are

cold and are not clothed. "

-- Dwight Eisenhower