The fallout from Environment Minister Peter Kent's announcement that
Canada is withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol continues Tuesday with a
press conference by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
Kent made the announcement Monday on Parliament Hill after returning from Durban, South Africa, where he attended the UN conference that concluded Sunday with countries agreeing to start negotiations on a new climate change accord.
Kent went to the meeting with a clear position that it was not willing to sign on to an extension of the Kyoto deal and it was widely expected that the Conservatives would announce a formal withdrawal from the protocol once the environment minister got home.
"Kyoto for Canada is in the past. As such, we are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw," the environment minister said. Read More
Kent made the announcement Monday on Parliament Hill after returning from Durban, South Africa, where he attended the UN conference that concluded Sunday with countries agreeing to start negotiations on a new climate change accord.
Kent went to the meeting with a clear position that it was not willing to sign on to an extension of the Kyoto deal and it was widely expected that the Conservatives would announce a formal withdrawal from the protocol once the environment minister got home.
"Kyoto for Canada is in the past. As such, we are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw," the environment minister said. Read More
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