No support for Liberals from environmental groups: A coalition of eight major environmental groups, including the David Suzuki Foundation, Greenpeace, and the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, has issued a joint statement calling the Kyoto provisions in the bill “unnecessary and divisive”. These same groups have been pressing the government for years to implement Kyoto, but are expressing concerns that the environmental amendments are being proposed without any debate. Rick Smith, of the Environmental Defence Fund who also co-signed the statement, said, “What the government is doing is not supported by environmental leaders in Canada, so it begs the question as to why they're doing it.” (Globe and Mail)
No support for Liberals from energy sector: The energy industry is rightly worried that Kyoto amendments attached to the budget bill “gives the government power to enforce compliance with Kyoto targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, even though the Liberals have yet to spell out any national strategy for doing so.” (Globe and Mail) If the Liberals have a plan to implement Kyoto, they owe it to Canadians to show it to them so it can be fully debated, rather than trying to do it through the back door.
No support for Liberals from energy sector: The energy industry is rightly worried that Kyoto amendments attached to the budget bill “gives the government power to enforce compliance with Kyoto targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, even though the Liberals have yet to spell out any national strategy for doing so.” (Globe and Mail) If the Liberals have a plan to implement Kyoto, they owe it to Canadians to show it to them so it can be fully debated, rather than trying to do it through the back door.