The Honourable Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P., the Member for Edmonton—Spruce Grove and the Minister of the Environment is being urged by the Honourable Scott Brison, P.C., M.P., the Member for Kings—Hants and the Environment Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition to resign as the chairperson of the conference to take place in relation to the Kyoto Accord, due to her decisions not to support or defend the commitment of Canada to the accord.
I agree with Mr. Brison's suggestion that Ms. Ambrose should resign as the chairperson of this conference. If this present Government of Canada is indeed content to ignore our commitments to the protocol, then she has no place chairing the conference on that subject. While I think that we should commit ourselves to Kyoto, this Government obviously has no intention of doing so (whether or not the House of Commons today passes a motion from the Bloc Québécois to urge the Government to respect the accord and our targets), we should not have the chair of that conference when this Minister so vehemently opposes the accord.
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:arrow: My Opinion Re: The Kyoto ConferenceThe [color=red said:Hon. Scott Brison[/color], P.C., M.P.]The Minister needs to live up to her commitment to Canadians and the UN and advocate for progress on Kyoto. It appears she is only interested in using her influence as chair of the Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP) to sabotage Kyoto by placating non-Kyoto signatories such as the U.S. while ensuring that Canada will not meet its targets.
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I agree with Mr. Brison's suggestion that Ms. Ambrose should resign as the chairperson of this conference. If this present Government of Canada is indeed content to ignore our commitments to the protocol, then she has no place chairing the conference on that subject. While I think that we should commit ourselves to Kyoto, this Government obviously has no intention of doing so (whether or not the House of Commons today passes a motion from the Bloc Québécois to urge the Government to respect the accord and our targets), we should not have the chair of that conference when this Minister so vehemently opposes the accord.
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