Killing Kyoto
Meeting the targets of Kyoto is not easy nor is it cheap, but that doesn't mean that we should strive for it. The Kyoto accord is an international agreement that Canada has signed on to and it should be respected. I think it would be a disgrace if Canada announced that we no longer work on our commitments.
Sorry Ambrose, but you are wrong on this:
"Canadians need to talk about "action and solutions long term. We need solutions that are out by 50, 100 years, not two years, five years."
We need action NOW. Yes, we need long term solutions, but we need to make head way now. I would like clean air and drinking water for my children, not just their great grandchildren. There are no golden solutions and no quick wipes for environmental damage but we need to take steps forward, not backwards.
The UN Climate Change Conference was not a waste. It was at meeting of the minds, discussion on our future, and raised public awareness on environmental issues to a new level. The conference sought out important issues and foster team work on a global scale. If that is not important to the Conservatives, I shudder at the thought of the future of what our environment will be.
It' won't be easy to meet our targets, but we should at least try. To strive for a goal is better than to sit back and witness more damage. Kyoto is not perfect, but it's a statment. It says that Canadians are trying to work towards cleaning our environment. To say we shouldn't even try to make our country’s environment cleaner is anti-Canadian.
Meet our targets.
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posted by Sarah Wong at 3:36 PM
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I must agree with prairie kid. Take a look at this article.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/09/wkyoto09.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/09/ixworld.html
It's an interesting point but..
I'm aware that there are studies that suggest that there is no such thing as global warming but there is no question that our actions of today will have an impact on the environment of tomorrow. Is the world naturally heating up?...maybe but does that mean we should pollute our air and water anyways?...
If we have the technology to sustain better practices, then why not.
I think that getting out of Kyoto at this point, is a bad signal. We are the chair of the Climate Comittiee. One step forwad...not backwards.
The environment is too important to take a "wait and see" approach.
What e need is any kind of a plan. A paragraph of policy would beat the heck out of the platitudes that we have been inundated with since Chretien announced that Canada would sign.
Good intentions are fine, but I'm unimpressed that the millions of dollars that some special interest groups are bleating about being cut have given us so far, what, a 20% increase in GHG emmissions?
Oh great.
AB/ba
If the Canadian people understood that, as a nation, we pay other nations "credits" in order to keep on polluting (not meeting standards) they would have a fit.
As a person who enjoys the outdoors I strongly feel that the "credit" money could be better used at home. If the Conservatives are arguing this point, I agree with them 100%.
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