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To: Stephen O who wrote (8851)	3/14/2006 9:47:08 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Respond to of 37550

Nice to see we are finally going to do something about Kyoto other than pretend.... from the star... SAINT JOHN — The Canadian government will not opt out of the Kyoto accord, but the federal environment minister says the country must do more than just try to reach targets. Rona Ambrose says she has a problem with elements of the Kyoto agreement that allow the purchase of carbon emission credits to help meet targets, but do nothing to benefit the environment or promote Canadian clean air and clean water technology. She says a made-in-Canada solution is needed that will see real action taken within the country. Under the Kyoto Protocol, Canada is committed to cutting greenhouse emissions six per cent below 1990 levels by 2012. Despite promises from the previous Liberal government, emissions rose by 24 per cent since 1990. Ambrose says Kyoto is only one of 59 international agreements that Canada is a signatory to, and there may be other ways to achieve pollution reduction goals.