Canada should cooperate on climate change or go home

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If Canadian representatives at the UN climate change summit in Durban, South Africa won’t commit to the Kyoto Protocol and contribute to global efforts to stop climate change, they should go home and stop impeding progress.

Since the summit began on November 28, Canadian officials, led by Environment Minister Peter Kent, have been acting shamefully. Not only are they planning to abandon Kyoto -- the only legally binding international agreement with firm targets to reduce global warming pollution -- they have been secretly urging other countries to pull out of the agreement as well.

This is a national embarrassment. If Canada, one of the world’s top 10 global warming polluters, refuses to honour its commitments, we cannot expect developing countries to reduce their emissions.

Join us this week in telling Peter Kent and your M.P. that you want Canada to commit to Kyoto and contribute to climate change solutions or go home and let the progressive leaders of the world find solutions to climate change.

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Dear Environment Minister Kent

Like most Canadians, I support international efforts to combat climate change. I also share the anger and frustration of many Canadians and people around the world over Canada’s inability to play a constructive role at the UN climate change summit in Durban, South Africa.

Canada should commit to the Kyoto Protocol, the legally binding agreement it ratified along with 190 other countries. If our representatives cannot make a positive contribution to finding climate change solutions, they should go home and stop impeding progress.

Canada’s actions in Durban will not only hinder international efforts to reach a strong and realistic agreement, they will also set a poor example for other countries. If a wealthy industrialized country such as ours, which is one of the Top 10 global warming polluters, fails to honour a legally binding agreement with firm pollution targets, why should we expect developing countries to reduce their emissions?

I ask you to commit to Kyoto and start contributing to global efforts to find climate change solutions or leave the summit now.

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