Canadaโs (Trash-the-)Environment Minister Prentice Deniesย Charge
The Guardian has turned up a leaked document from a Chinese think tank that condemns Canada for being โdevoted to connivingโ at the international climate conference in Copenhagen lastย December.
According to The Guardian, the Chinese text says that Canada spent the conference trying, โto convince the world that its pledge of a 3% emissions reduction between 1990 and 2020 is significant, while having no intention of meeting its Kyoto protocol target ofย 6%.โ
Canadaโs โEnvironmentโ Minister Jim Prentice took issue with thatย characterization:
โCanada has always been completely open, completely transparent and we have been constructive,โ Prentice told Canwest News Service. โWe have not beenย conniving.โ
That said, Canada has indeed abandoned its Kyoto commitments and recent reports suggest that it has no plan to reach the 3% target (20% below 2006) that it has been promising more recently.
