Dion optimistic about Kyoto, but opposition says Canada lacks credibility and Tories say ‘it’s a dead dog, stop petting it’

Environment Minister Stéphane Dion who will chair the UN Climate Change Conference next month says he's optimistic Kyoto will finally be implemented, but without the U.S. on side, he's not sure how the fight to slow down global warming will succeed.

Calling it "one of the greatest events our country has ever held," Environment Minister Stéphane Dion says he's optimistic the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP11) in Montreal later this fall will finally legally implement the Kyoto Protocol, but also says he's not sure how the wor...

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