Kyoto
Live: A very long night for a very long bill
Welcome to Aaron Wherry’s live coverage of tonight’s C-38 votes
Lacking in reductions and projected costs
The environment commissioner tabled his spring report this morning.
‘Without ever bringing a plan to Parliament’
Seven years ago, the Liberal government of the day tabled a budget implementation act that included legislation related to the Kyoto Protocol. As Elizabeth May noted earlier this week, the leader of the opposition at the time was unimpressed.
The Commons: Tomorrow’s problem
Climate change can wait
We don’t really want to fight climate change
Stephen Gordon invokes the law of revealed preference to explain Canada’s withdrawal from Kyoto.
‘An act of sabotage’
Japan, India and Tuvalu add their concerns.
Leading the world
France is unimpressed.
Canada out of Kyoto
‘This decision formalizes what we’ve said since 2006’
The Commons: The tiny, perfect Conservative
‘We are not about symbols. We are about real action.’
Peter Kent versus the world
The Environment Minister spreads the good word.
After Kyoto
Andrew Leach considers the past, present and future of Canada’s involvement in international climate negotiations.
The Commons: Convictions without courage
The Conservatives want to withdraw from Kyoto. If only they would say so.