Oil is more important than climate for Canada?

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I mean - sure, they seem to be on the winning side if some of the predictions are right - boreal forests may turn into agricultural landscapes, the ice will go away in the north and possibly access to resources will be free, tar sands mining also looks promising for the economic wealth and even James Lovelock suggests to better buy property in Canada now as long as the rest of the world is still inhabitable - long term price boom is to be expected once the rest of the world starts cooking.

But do they have to do it THAT obvious?
Harper government ends funding to climate research organization

The budget crunch at the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences comes on the heels of revelations that the government is leasing out the Amundsen, a coast guard icebreaker equipped to monitor climate change in the North, to a pair of fossil-fuel companies for oil exploration in the region.

This is why I don't think there will be any significant change in politics before it is way too late! Some company waves with a bunch of money and the gates of reserach facilities are shut down and the equipment is given to BP to make the things happen, the researchers warned about.