As a highly intelligent economist focused on keeping Canada a competitive and prosperous country, Stephen Harper always made it clear that Canada on this file would follow America's lead in terms of climate change policies and revenue schemes such as carbon taxes.  To do otherwise would put Canadian businesses at a serious disadvantage in export business to the US as well as encouraging Canadian businesses to move and/or set up expansion operations south of the border.

Regretfully, our sunshine, lollipops and rainbows PM born into silk and with the drama training somehow believes that he can impress foreign leaders and influence foreign governments to follow Canada's lead in terms of oppressive carbon taxes on their businesses and federal expressing billions of dollars to the UN to be turned over to the tender mercies of Third World Dictators supposedly to fight climate change but mainly to line their already deep pockets.

It may be that Donald Trump will save us from this silliness.