Harper government pays to transfer cancelled climate program to Japan

OTTAWA — Even as it was cancelling a popular federal incentive program that helped Canadian households retrofit their homes and save on energy costs, the Harper government says on its climate change website that it spent $240,000 to “transfer” the program to Japan.

“The project consisted primarily of adapting and transferring the EcoEnergy Retrofit program that has been developed over the past two decades in Canada for use in Japan,” said the website,  summarizing the 2010-2011 Japan initiative among a list of climate change projects launched under a partnership of Asia-Pacific nations.

http://o.canada.com/2013/08/21/harper-government-pays-to-transfer-cancelled-climate-program-to-japan/