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Hey Darryl,
so the major issues where blacked out,so we dont
know its those damned Oilsands in AB and the way to reffine them what causes the
problem!
One thing is shure dow,Albertans gona take a lot of
money over the Jordanriver on Judgementday
Fritz
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 9:06
PM
Subject: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Bureaucrats knew
Kyoto unattainable: documents - National Post - 2006.06.20]
OTTAWA - The Conservative government's much-criticized
admission that
Canada cannot meet its requirements under the Kyoto
climate-change
protocol is backed up by documents prepared for the new
government by
federal bureaucrats.
The documents, obtained through a
request made under the Access to
Information Act, indicate public servants
at the Natural Resources
ministry had already concluded targets accepted by
the previous Liberal
government were unattainable, and were waiting for the
right moment to
admit it.
In material on climate-change policy
prepared for the new Natural
Resources Minister, Gary Lunn, in March,
department officials suggested
there were three "key issues" facing the
newly elected government.
No. 1 on the list was: "Whether/when to
acknowledge that Canada will be
very unlikely to meet target?"
The
target in reference is Canada's Kyoto commitment -- which is to cut,
by
2012, greenhouse gas emissions to 6% below 1990 levels, as agreed to
by the
Liberal government in 1997. Based on the most up-to-date
Environment Canada
statistics, the country's carbon output had increased
26.6% above 1990
levels and 34.6% above the country's Kyoto target.
A number of pages
and sections of the briefing material were blacked out
or omitted, as
department officials cited numerous confidentiality
concerns. For
instance, three pages dealing with the issue of whether or
when Canada
should acknowledge its likely Kyoto failure were censored.
That means the
reasons why the department has identified this as the top
key issue for the
Minister are not available.
Bureaucrats generally prepare briefing
material for ministers --
including how government decisions are being
implemented, hurdles ahead
and a list of talking points ministers should
stick to when answering
questions. While politicians make policy decisions,
such as adopting the
Kyoto protocol, it is up to bureaucrats to implement
such orders.
The Conservative government and its Environment Minister,
Rona Ambrose,
have been under regular assault since Ms. Ambrose declared
Canada cannot
meet its obligations under the accord and therefore will not
follow
through with a $10-billion strategy developed by the Liberal
government
to meet that target.
The Liberal strategy consisted
largely of buying foreign "credits" to
offset the continued high rate of
emissions.
Ms. Ambrose has said the government is working on a
made-in-Canada
environment plan that will include realistic targets to be
met within a
longer timeframe.
She predicted in a recent speech that
other countries would follow
Canada's lead and admit they, too, cannot meet
targets outlined in the
Kyoto protocol.
Meanwhile, members of the
House of Commons environment committee
expressed frustration yesterday at
Ms. Ambrose's refusal to testify
before the all-party group about
government plans. She declined a
request from the committee to appear this
week before the session ends
for the summer break.
"It is
fundamentally discouraging not to be able to question her,"
Nathan Cullen,
the NDP environment critic, told his Conservative
colleagues.
--
Darryl
McMahon
http://www.econogics.com
It's your
planet. If you won't look after it, who
will?
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