You Don't Get Credit For Choices Forced Upon You

And therefore Peter Kent gets no credit for announcing, for about the third time now, that Canada will follow U.S. emissions standards for heavy duty vehicles made in this country.  Because Canada's demand for such vehicles is so small that makers of them could not survive if shut out of the U.S. market. This is not about matching or outdoing the Obama administration's efforts.  Its about reacting, in as minimalist a fashion as possible, to actions your lobbyists were unable to stave off.