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Canada won’t hit emissions targets

6th October 2006 by Tim Kitchin

Despite acknowledging that it will not hit its emissions targets, Canada has ruled out carbon credits as a mechanism to meet its Kyoto commitments, claiming such credits are of dubious value, offering no assurance that emissions will actually be reduced.

Minister Rona Ambrose announced a focus on Clean Air for Canadians in the form of a clean air act, with Climate Change relegated to a subsidiary issue.

In response to this apathy, the opposition parties have introduced a private members bill to compel the government to produce a plan to address its emissions - now up 27% since 1990.

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