Kyoto talk; nothing but hot air

I am getting really tired of Martin's newest line about going back on our international word on Kyoto. Here's a quoute from one of his ministers to the same effect.

“To withdraw from the Kyoto Accord, Canada would have to renounce our signature on an international agreement. That would be an enormous blow to our reputation on the international scene,” said Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Liberal candidate in the riding of Papineau. - Liberal Press Release

This is true, Conservatives will go back on Canada's word, but ok. It's worth it. Kyoto was one more bad Liberal idea. It's a Euro-Japan solution that would have us pay $4600000000 (4.6 billion) to Russia for Kyoto credits in the next five years. How is this helping the environment? Stand up and come to the front of the class if you knew the answer is that it doesn't.

Further one of the biggest environmental problems in eastern Canada is acid rain. Kyoto does nothing to curb the pollutants that cause acid rain.

To add insult to injury, while the Liberals talk about their environmental concious and how important Kyoto is to the "global concience," since signing Kyoto Canadian emissions have risen 24% above 1990 levels. Now under Kyoto these emissions were supposed to be reduced by 6% bellow 1990 levels. The United States by contrast has seen it's emissions rise by 13.3% during the same period. Yet Martin still had the gall to call out the United States for not signing it. So there you have it. The Liberals think that it is important to sign Kyoto but not do anything about it. Shame on you Martin for trying to score cheap political points at the cost of our allies.

Will Conservatives pull out of Kyoto yes. But the Liberals signed Kyoto and figured they were done, for Liberals it was the signing of Kyoto that was important, not Kyoto itself. If you are worried about our international reputation Mr. Martin then you should make good on your word instead of just giving it out willy-nilly.