Canada's Environment Minister Gets "Fossil Of The Day" Award In Nairobi

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Ambrose, who is scheduled to arrive late on Monday night, earned a “fossil of the day” award for comments made last week about Canada’s position on the international Kyoto agreement on climate change. The awards are handed out on a daily basis by international environmental groups to countries that they believe are heading in the wrong direction.

“Tied for first place, Canada and Australia are both found guilty for making ridiculous claims to the press of their countries and for misleading the public,” Greenpeace Canada spokesperson Steven Guilbeault said on Monday. “Even more humourous is that Rona Ambrose, the Environment Minister was quoted in Canadian press saying that Canada is meeting all of its responsibilities under the Kyoto protocol, except for the bit about emissions targets.”

Meantime, Bloc Quebecois MP Bernard Bigras distributed a letter to delegates criticizing the government’s position and highlighting a motion adopted by the House of Commons last spring, in support of Kyoto, which requires industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about five per cent below 1990 levels, between 2008 and 2012.

“You will note that, unlike the Government of Canada, Canadian parliamentarians want to meet the greenhouse gas reduction objectives that were established in the Kyoto Protocol,” wrote Bigras in the letter. “You should also note that the absence of international leadership shown by the Canadian government with regard to climate change does not match the wishes of the people of Quebec, who would like to see a strengthening of the mechanisms set out in the Kyoto Protocol.”

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http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=f4df2afe-4a1d-4a38-bc59-1b9c81abeb34

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1. Lol-K&R/nt

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2. I don't think Doublespeak will work in Canada. The cat is out of the bag

worldwide. Expect more of this. And she deserves it.