Protect Canada's Climate Law!

The Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act legally requires the government to produce a plan that meets Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets. Prime Minister Harper hasn’t even tried. The federal courts can force the government to comply with the law, but the crucial and legally admissible public consultation process officially ends September 20th! Climate Action Network Canada has asked Avaaz members to step in at the last hour to create a massive public outcry. We are faxing open letters to Environment Canada who will have to submit them in court. If there are no comments, the government will claim in court that the public supports its illegal position. UPDATE: The September 20th deadline has now passed. In the last 24 hours before the deadline, we turned this near-disaster into one of the largest bill consultations in Canadian history! Please don't stop - with such a flood of messages, Environment Canada will be forced to extend the deadline! Sign the letter below or write your own!		0 26,109 have signed the letter, help us get to 30000

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Honourable John Baird
Minister of the Environment

Dear Minister Baird,

I am writing to provide you with my comments on your department's recently published "Climate Change Plan for the Purposes of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act 2007".

I must remind you of your obligation to obey the laws of Canada. The Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act requires you to produce a plan to honour Canada's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions to an average of 6% below the 1990 emission levels between 2008 and 2012.

Although the "Climate Change Plan" lists numerous small steps to curb the growth in Canada's emissions, your plan foresees Canada missing the 2008-2012 Kyoto target by a wide margin, and in fact not reaching the target level until sometime after 2020. Under your approach, regulations on heavy industry - the source of almost half of Canada's greenhouse gas pollution - will not come into effect until 2010, and even then they fail to set a binding cap on industrial emissions.

Minister, you have promised to make "best efforts" towards Kyoto. No one could read your plan and call this the best that Canada can do. Your plan fails the test that the law sets out, which is to honour Canada's Kyoto commitment.

I realize this is a difficult and demanding task, but it is the law, and it is your responsibility to uphold the law. The climate crisis is too grave to waste any more time. We need you to take real action now.

Sincerely,

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