Lisa Raitt Award goes to: Colin Mayes

The Raitt Award goes to Colin Mayes.

Unashamedly lifted from ACR who finds it as difficult as I to decide which Harpercon has made the most stoopid statement of the week.

In e-mails sent to several voters, British Columbia MP Colin Mayes wrote that the cause of climate change “has yet to be substantiated”.

“…I am careful not to over react and spend billions of taxpayer dollars because a few scientists say CO2 is causing the planet to warm,” the e-mail says.

A few scientists?  Far fewer are those oil servants claiming to be scientists saying there is any doubt about climate change or its causes.

This is not a mere bungle that can be written off as Mayes' personal opinion.  He was responding to a question regarding the government's stance, and was acting in his capacity of a member of that government.

The Climate Action Network obtained the e-mails, which originated from Mr. Mayes's Parliamentary account and were sent to at least three people who had contacted the MP about the government's stance on global warming.

Harper' actions seem in keeping with Mayes's words, reflecting that the CONs really aren't all that concerned about climate change, except on managing the message.

Harper kept a low profile, making his first public statement Friday night. The prime minister hobnobbed with other leaders Thursday at a royal dinner hosted by the queen of Denmark, passing up the chance to deliver Canada's address to the UN climate talks. He delegated that job to Environment Minister Jim Prentice.

With messengers like Mayes, their even screwing that up.

Bonus stoopid Mayes from ACR:

In a column e-mailed this week to several B.C. newspapers in his riding of Okanagan-Shuswap, Colin Mayes said that jailing reporters might help the public get accurate information.
    “Maybe it is time that we hauled off in handcuffs reporters that fabricate stories, or twist information and even falsely accuse citizens,” Mayes wrote.  

Where to start?