Liberals and Kyoto
According to a recent article (Link and Link), the Liberals signed up for Kyoto knowing that Canada wouldn't meet its targets.
The previous Liberal government ratified the Kyoto Protocol knowing Canada wasn’t ready to take the tough measures needed to address climate change and would likely miss the deadlines for reducing emissions, says Eddie Goldenberg, a top adviser to former prime minister Jean Chretien.
He said Thursday that public opinion at the time favoured ratification “in the abstract”
The situation, as I see it, was that Canadians wanted some action on climate change. Instead of examining the issue, explaining it to Canadians and coming up with a plan, the government signed up the country to commitments that it never intended to honour, and it did so for cynical political reasons. I wonder where Stephane Dion was when this was happening?
The previous Liberal government ratified the Kyoto Protocol knowing Canada wasn’t ready to take the tough measures needed to address climate change and would likely miss the deadlines for reducing emissions, says Eddie Goldenberg, a top adviser to former prime minister Jean Chretien.
He said Thursday that public opinion at the time favoured ratification “in the abstract”
The situation, as I see it, was that Canadians wanted some action on climate change. Instead of examining the issue, explaining it to Canadians and coming up with a plan, the government signed up the country to commitments that it never intended to honour, and it did so for cynical political reasons. I wonder where Stephane Dion was when this was happening?