Lloyd St. Amand, M.P., the Member for Brant and the Environment Associate Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, is contending that the present Government of Canada, led by the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada, has made underhanded and deliberate efforts to undermine the world effort for climate change at the United Nations Conferences of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.
Mr. St. Amand expressed concerns that the Honourable Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P., the Member for Edmonton—Spruce Grove and the Minister of the Environment, is engaged in efforts to sign onto the Asia Pacific Partnership and Clean Development and Climate, led by the United States of America. The Prime Minister seemed to indicate an interest in opting into AP6 during a conference with the Honourable John Howard, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.
My opinion on the fact that Ms. Ambrose chose to act as the chairperson of the conference is rather simple: She shouldn't have done so, and the Government of Canada should not have let her. The Government has ignored the advice and recommendation of the House of Commons in terms of a motion from the Bloc Québécois urging them to respect and endeavour toward our targets under the accord, and moving even further from the opinion of the House.
If Mr. Harper and Ms. Ambrose are going to continue to bash the Kyoto Accord, in the interest of a "made-in-Canada" solution, then perhaps it's time for the Government to present its "solution" to this most serious of issues — unless, of course, it has no plan or strategy for the future of the environment of this nation. I would hope that the opposition parties were not intimidated by the pressure and covert threats from Mr. Howard and that, rather, they continue in their efforts to ensure that the Kyoto Accord continues — even if the accord is on life-support until the Conservative Party of Canada is returned to the opposition benches.
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Mr. St. Amand expressed concerns that the Honourable Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P., the Member for Edmonton—Spruce Grove and the Minister of the Environment, is engaged in efforts to sign onto the Asia Pacific Partnership and Clean Development and Climate, led by the United States of America. The Prime Minister seemed to indicate an interest in opting into AP6 during a conference with the Honourable John Howard, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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My opinion on the fact that Ms. Ambrose chose to act as the chairperson of the conference is rather simple: She shouldn't have done so, and the Government of Canada should not have let her. The Government has ignored the advice and recommendation of the House of Commons in terms of a motion from the Bloc Québécois urging them to respect and endeavour toward our targets under the accord, and moving even further from the opinion of the House.
If Mr. Harper and Ms. Ambrose are going to continue to bash the Kyoto Accord, in the interest of a "made-in-Canada" solution, then perhaps it's time for the Government to present its "solution" to this most serious of issues — unless, of course, it has no plan or strategy for the future of the environment of this nation. I would hope that the opposition parties were not intimidated by the pressure and covert threats from Mr. Howard and that, rather, they continue in their efforts to ensure that the Kyoto Accord continues — even if the accord is on life-support until the Conservative Party of Canada is returned to the opposition benches.
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