Canada signed Kyoto... but apparently just for show

More bad news for Canada's environmental record.

Six weeks before it hosts a major United Nations climate conference, the Canadian government has been stung by a report questioning its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, which calls for reductions in "greenhouse gas" emissions blamed for climate change.

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Ottawa is clearly worried that the U.S.-Australia "beyond Kyoto" campaign will gain momentum. The two countries, together with India, China, South Korea and Japan, unveiled an Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate last July, aimed at cutting emissions by developing energy technology.

Canadian PM Martin criticized the U.S. for not signing Kyoto, yet it seems we now know who's actually got their money where their mouth is.

(Cue CanadianCynic to attempt to dismiss this by liberal use of swears and the word "wanker." BTW, CC, here's lots more people you need to call "wankers:" lots of Canadians reporting failure of Canada's pollution reduction - and America's impressive pollution reduction (happy now, CC?).)