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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 22, 2002
FEDS MUST COME CLEAN ON THE REAL COST OF KYOTO AND RATIFY ACCORD SAYS NDP
OTTAWA - NDP environment critic Joe Comartin called on Federal Environment
Minister David Anderson to refute the baseless claims of Alberta's Ralph
Klein and other Kyoto critics and once and for all commit to ratification by
June.
"David Anderson is all talk and no action. Two weeks ago, he was going to
ratify by June now he wants a debate on whether to ratify." said Comartin.
"The federal government must stop its foot-dragging on Kyoto and send a
strong message to opponents once and for all and get on with
implementation," said Comartin.
The federal government has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks
from industry lobby groups and some provinces to back off its commitment to
ratify the Kyoto Accord on climate change.
"When you do the math it is clear that the economic models touted by Alberta
and the industry lobby are grossly misleading," Mr. Comartin said.
Last summer, Ralph Klein said Kyoto would cost 'trillions' - a figure higher
than Canada's entire GDP.
"Their predictions, as well as those of the federal government, are
fundamentally flawed in that they fail to take into account the very real
costs of not acting to reduce the harmful effects of climate change on our
economy," said Comartin. "They completely ignore the enormous cost climate
change is having on health care, agriculture, the fishery and forestry
industries to name just a few."
"The federal government must make clear to Canadians the enormous cost of
not implementing Kyoto and get on with combating climate change," concluded
the NDP MP.
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MORE SOIL TESTS RELEASED TO PUBLIC NEXT WEEK
More soil test results are about to be made public on the extent of soil
contamination in the industrial Cape Breton area. The tests were done to
try to track how far contamination from a century of steel-making has
spread.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_tests020228
DOGS SHOT AND SET ON FIRE
Digby RCMP were called to a vacant house in nearby Conway a week ago
after the owner had checked on several dogs he kept there.
They found five dogs had been shot and then
placed in a dog house that was set on
fire.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_dogs020227
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