of carbon", and "ecological impacts [of environment on the planet] that need to be taken care of." Shawn Marshall, who is a University of Calgary Geography professor as well as a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Climate Change, said that Calkins' "half truths" without context, are typical examples of "climate misinformation" used by politicians who oppose the carbon tax, "to paralyze us a little bit". His concern was that they were introduced to junior youth. Marshall said that Calkins failed to add that humans are generating more than plants can take up, and that while we do have a larger population vulnerable to extreme weather events, "there's also this huge overprint of climate change on these extreme weather events." Electoral record References External links Blaine Calkins website 1968 births Conservative Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta People from Lacombe, Alberta People from Ponoka, Alberta University of Alberta alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians Alberta municipal councillors