| Manitoba Lags Behind on Climate Change | 25 October 05 |
 Most Canadian provinces are doing little or nothing to address climate change, says a new David Suzuki Foundation analysis of climate change plans.The Suzuki Foundation's report, All Over the Map - A Comparison of Provincial Climate Change Plans, looks at provincial and territorial actions, compares their greenhouse gas emissions, assesses climate change plans and evaluates actions. Although Canada's federal government signed the Kyoto Protocol, Canada's provinces are responsible for delivering many climate change programs. The report praises Manitoba's climate change plan as the best of all the provincial and territorial plans. The report also notes that almost half of Manitoba's emission reductions are premised on hydro power export to US and points out that "Manitoba's greenhouse gas emissions increased 11.5% between 1990 and 2003". The report is also critical of a major weakness of Manitoba's climate change plan: dependence on other governments to achieve its targets. Gaile Whelan Enns, Manitoba Wildlands Director commented that "We would like the Manitoba government to act on the recommendations of its Climate Change Task Force, especially as these relate to our Boreal forest regions." View the October 3, 2005 David Suzuki Foundation press release View the full David Suzuki Foundation report All Over the Map - A Comparison of Provincial Climate Change Plans (PDF) View Manitoba's Climate Change Plan (PDF) Visit the Manitoba Climate Change Task Force website Source: David Suzuki Foundation |
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