New Dems in British Columbia go anti-enviro

In an end run that could cost it the provincial election, the New Democratic Party in British Columbia is rejecting an environmentalist-supported carbon dioxide emissions tax.

In Canada’s system of three major political parties, the NDP is the left.

The U.S. equivalent would be, say, Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey watering down his carbon emissions plans to move to the right of a liberal Republican challenger in his next election.

And, yes, Canadian enviros are HUGELY upset at NDP provincial leader Carole James. Her “populist” move last summer, already, to “axe the tax” may draw some voters to her banner over economic issues, but could have others sit out or vote Liberal. (Canada’s Liberals are that country’s centrist party. As for Greens, they’re weaker in western Canada than in much of the U.S.)

This is just bizarre.