Apparently a number of young Liberal Party coders put together their take on Angry Birds...aptly titled Angry Bairds. Basically you set up John Baird in a slingshot, while PM Stephen Harper looks on, and attempt to make cuts at organizations like the Wheat Board, Veterans, Health Care and the Long Gun Registry.
John Baird was appointed in 2006 to the Treasury Board. In May of 2006, Baird was told to cut one billion dollars out of the budget. He did so, announcing them on September 25th, the same day the Conservatives announced their 13.2 billion dollar surplus. He announced he'd made cuts to sixty-six programs, including Status of Women, museum fundings, adult literacy programs, youth employment, social development, BC's ongoing pine beetle crisis, and most keenly the Court Challenges program.
Following the Cabinet reshuffle in 2007, Baird was reappointed to Environment Minister. He is a vocal opponent of Kyoto, noted by environmentalist David Suzuki as being a 'disappointment'. Target goals released by Baird are to cut emissions by 2020 or 2025, a full eight to thirteen years longer than were outlined in Kyoto.
- Al Gore famously criticized Baird's plan, calling it "A complete and total fraud." and "designed to mislead the Canadian people."
Baird championed cuts to research in Canada on climate change, a move staunchly opposed by industry experts. He was derided internationally at the Bali Climate Change Summit, and at the Cancun Climate Change Summit, Canada was awarded the three Fossil of the Day Awards. Awards given by 400 international NGOs which recognize countries who have done the most to disrupt or undermine UN climate talks. The Canadian government, under Baird, is noted at Cancun as being the only country which signed weaker greenhouse gas reduction targets.
The Game Here
http://www.angrybairds.ca/
Wikipedia Article on John Baird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baird_(Canadian_politician)
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