by Robert Fishlock
In January of this year, Canadians elected a new federal government that had made it known in some circles that it was unsympathetic to the prior Liberal Government’s commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. However, during the election little was said about the environment in general, as the focus was on Liberal corruption and advertising kick-backs. Finally, over the past few weeks, the new Conservative Government of Stephen Harper started its public campaign of distancing itself from this 1997 agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Splashed across the national media was new Environment Minister Rona Ambrose’s announcement to Parliament that Canada’s 2004 greenhouse gas emissions were 35% above the Kyoto target negotiated by the prior government. As a result, said the Minister, the Kyoto target of reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions to 6% below our 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012, was in need of a serious reality check. More Info...
