Environment Minister Peter Kent announced last week that Canada will follow the United States on climate change. This was no surprise. The Canadian government has been following U.S. climate policy for years. Our government has even made it clear to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that Canada's greenhouse gas emission target—a 17% reduction below 2005 levels by 2020—is exactly the same as that of the Americans and only will be implemented if the U.S. implements theirs. There is no doubt that our most important climate polices are decided in Washington DC, not Ottawa.
