Timing is everything

Feds blasted for delaying NAFTA enviro studies

A spokesman for NAFTA's environmental watchdog has blasted Canada for failing to release two reports that examine Ottawa's alleged failure to enforce its own environmental laws.

But the office of Environment Minister John Baird denies any intention to suppress the reports, and says Canada is working with its NAFTA partners to make them public.
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Under CEC rules, environment ministers from the three NAFTA countries must vote on release of a report, but in practice it is generally left to the country that is being investigated to release the findings.

Baird's director of communications, Mike van Soelen, said the reports will be released, but could not say when.

"They're complex, lengthy, very thorough documents so it requires all three governments to essentially review them and greenlight them."

We can't hold Baird responsible for this one. Yet. According to the story, these reports are normally released within 60 days while these two have been sitting around for seven months. That means Ambrose sat on them. Because, you know, it's complicated.

So. Just as the Conservatives unveil attack ads designed to discredit Dion's bona fides on environmental issues we learn that they themselves have been sitting on bad news about environmental issues.

Perfect.