Reply #1: Canada should join leading countries against Bush's stand on Kyoto; Dion

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Canada should join leading countries against Bush's stand on Kyoto; Dion
Published: Saturday, May 26, 2007 | 3:32 PM ET
Canadian Press

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada must stand with the world's leading countries in the fight against climate change and object the U.S. government's efforts to thwart a global action plan on carbon emissions, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said in an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday.

"I am writing to urge you to recognize the moral imperative of urgent action, to seize the mantle of international leadership, and to speak out forcefully against the United States' efforts to dilute the global action plan," said Dion.

"I am deeply troubled by Canada's silence in the face of reports that U.S. President George Bush is seeking to weaken the proposed G-8 Declaration on Climate Change and Energy Efficiency," Dion wrote in the letter.

"Your government should not continue to approach this challenge as merely a domestic partisan political issue," said Dion.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/national/070526/n052621A.html