Climate change

Harper announces $1.5 billion clean air fund:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today a $1.5-billion trust fund that will be distributed to the provinces and territories to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases.

Harper said in Sherbrooke that Quebec's share of the new Canada Eco-Trust and Clean Air Fund will be about $350 million.

The prime minister said the money will be contained in the upcoming budget and that it will be "part of the actions taken on the fiscal imbalance." ...

Quebec has long been asking Ottawa for $328 million to implement environmental programs, but the demand wasn't met under Paul Martin's former Liberal government.

Harper's Tories, until now, also rebuffed Charest's call for the money.

Gosh. Why the sudden change of heart, I wonder...