Does the Government now support the Kyoto Accord?
No, yes and maybe. Two days before releasing the Regulatory Framework, Environment Minister John Baird released a scathing economic indictment of the Kyoto Accord. “Canada cannot reach its 2008 to 2012 Kyoto targets, as required under Bill C-288, without intentionally manufacturing an economic recession,” he said. Gas prices would jump 60%, electricity bills would double and 275,000 Canadians would lose their jobs, the minister claimed. Then, on April 26, Canada “turned the corner” with “one of the most aggressive plans to tackle greenhouse gases and air pollution in the world,” Baird proclaimed. “The government supports the Kyoto process, and actions at home will be the basis for Canada’s participation in future international cooperative efforts to address climate change.” (However, we note that the proposed plan will not satisfy Canada’s current Kyoto commitments.) What is the status of Canada’s Clean Air Act (Bill C-30)? It is defunct. The opposition parties highjacked the Governmen
