The latest in a string of federally funded climate change panels leaves Canada with little choice.  Curbing carbon emissions is being proven time and time again to be both beneficial to the environment and our economy, in the long run.

And the faster we act, the faster we reap these rewards.  Even the National Round Table, made up of predominately business interested Conservatives can agree that in spite of small economic shortfalls, the environment is our first priority.

It’s trite to write about New Year’s resolutions at the end of the old.  But that won’t stop me, although there’ll be nothing about quitting smoking or losing weight.

Nor will much time be devoted to the federal election that 2008 might bring.  If the best that lot has to offer is what they gave us in 2007, it’s no wonder Canada’s record on global warming is, well, stinky.