Canada is the only nation to sign on to the Kyoto Treaty and then to publicly abandon it. Under the Kyoto Treaty Canada was supposed to have lowered emissions 6 percent between 1990 and 2012, but instead emissions have risen 26 percent since 1990. The United States (which never ratified Kyoto), has seen emissions rise by 16 percent in the same period, 10 percent less Canada.

"Despite the growing climate crisis, the Harper Government is doing everything in its power to sabotage global problem-solving efforts," argued Mike Hudema, Climate and Energy campaigner with Greenpeace, Canada in a press release;"By endangering and blocking progress on an international climate agreement and prioritizing the tar sands over the health of people on this planet Harper is further jeopardizing the lives of millions that will die or become displaced due to the climate crisis."

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