The UK Tories have "Vote Blue, Go Green", which includes green tax shifts as policy tools.
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=143677
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks for a legacy, the Christian Democratic Union "declared that "sustainability" would be its "guiding light" and climate protection a "core goal"."
http://www.economist.com/blogs/certainideasofeurope/2008/06/look_what_ive_done_to_my_legac.cfm
The French governing party, the Union for a Popular Movement, includes the Blue Ecologie faction, with one of it's leaders serving as Secretary of State for the Environment.
http://www.ecologiebleue.com/
Even the Republicans, from which the Harperites draw so much inspiration, under John McCain are at least acknowledging the environment, and while they do reject much of the idea of a green tax shift, working towards a cap and trade system and acknowledging the programs of climate change are a significant step forward for a party still in large part dominated by climate denialists.
http://www.johnmccain.com/climatechange/
Evidently all these Conservatives worldwide have been tricked.
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Oh, but Harper DOES have a plan... Just take a peek at my blog.
The problem is we have been a little TOO tight with the US over the years. If we follow the EU lead, we would be eons ahead socially, technologically, and environmentally. Instead we've stuck to a culture of reliance on resource exploitation/depletion, and crude oil.
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