UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon wasted no time during his whistle-stop visit to Ottawa last week in levelling a clear challenge to the Harper government on what many consider its Achilles heel: climate change.
"As a leader of the G8 and as chair of the G20 this year, and as one of the most developed countries in the world, Canada has a special role and a special responsibility to play. That's what I'm going to emphasize here," Mr. Ban told an audience made up of NGOs and diplomats at the Château Laurier on May 12, evoking widespread applause.
"I urge Canada to comply fully with the targets set out by the Kyoto Protocol. You can strengthen your mitigation target for the future, and you can join the other industrialized countries in cultivating new funding in keeping with your long-standing tradition of global solidarity."
Source: The Hill Times
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