Canada took its lumps at the UN climate conference Monday, tying with Australia in a “fossil of the day” award while being ranked near the bottom of an environmental group’s list for efforts to combat global warming.
Opposition MPs and environmentalists from Canada, meanwhile, struck a common theme at a news conference in Nairobi, saying the federal government’s lukewarm position on the Kyoto Protocol doesn’t reflect Canadian public opinion.
“The majority of Canadians are firmly and strongly behind living up to our Kyoto obligations,” said John Godfrey, the Liberal environment critic.
“We are here because we want the world to know that Canadians are united in their commitment to the Kyoto Protocol,” said Emilie Moorehouse of the Sierra Club.
Bloc Quebecois environment critic Bernard Bigras quoted federal Environment Minister Rona Ambrose as saying “we are on track to meeting all our obligations under the Kyoto Protocol but not the targets.”
“I don’t think that’s the position parliamentarians expect from the minister of the environment,” he said.
Stevie and Porna should be so proud.Top 10:
1. Sweden
2. United Kingdom
3. Denmark
5. Germany
6. Argentina
7. Hungary
8. Brazil
9. India
10. Switzerland
Bottom 10:
47. Australia
48. South Korea
49. Iran
50. Thailand
51. Canada
52. Kazakhstan
53. United States
54. China
55. Malaysia
56. Saudi Arabia
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