Like every other federal leader, Iggy is in Alberta this week, flipping pancakes and schmoozing at the Calgary Stampede. Given the energy he has previously expended expressing his undying affection for the Alberta tar sands, I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that his rhetoric is getting louder. But where he blows my mind is with the insane statement that Canadians should actually take pride in the tar sands. I wonder if the First Nations people of Fort Chipewyan are proud of the skyrocketing cancer rate in their community that is likely attributable to the environmental abomination that is the tar sands.

Ignatieff goes on to say:

“The Liberal Party of Canada is not going to come forward with climate change plans that club the industry on the head.”

Might I suggest a new slogan for the Liberals in the next election? (Conservatives will like this one, too.)

“Club seals, not the tar sands.”