Listen to
what the Aussie PM is saying on a state visit to Canada:
Tony Abbott is seeking a conservative alliance among "like-minded" countries, aiming to dismantle global moves to introduce carbon pricing, and undermine a push by US President Barack Obama to push the case for action through forums such as the G20.
Visiting Ottawa for a full day of talks with the conservative Canadian Prime Minister and close friend Stephen Harper, Mr Abbott flagged intentions to build a new centre-right alliance led by Canada, Britain and Australia along with India and New Zealand.
Now, to be sure, he puts way too much stock in the notion that "climate change" needs to be addressed by national policies in any country for my tastes, but at least he sees that the Most Equal Comrade's way of approaching the matter is heavy-handed and economically damaging:
In a statement certain to raise eyebrows in the US, Mr Abbott, who is to meet Mr Obama in the White House later this week, underlined his opposition to carbon pricing. ''There is no sign - no sign - that trading schemes are increasingly being adopted,'' he said. ''If anything, trading schemes are being discarded, not adopted.''
The MEC is being eclipsed from all sides on the world stage.
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