Canada to back “bogus” emissions plan: May
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Randy Boswell, CanWest News Service
A leaked draft of next month’s planned APEC leaders’ declaration on the environment shows Prime Minister Stephen Harper is poised to back a “bogus” new global plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, charges Green party Leader Elizabeth May.
A copy of the proposed statement — to be announced Sept. 9 in Sydney by leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific nations, including Canada and the U.S. — was leaked to Greenpeace in Australia, where opposition critics are slamming Prime Minister John Howard for convincing his fellow APEC leaders to adopt a “weak” resolution on climate change to please U.S. President George Bush.
