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Article: Canadian protesters urge government to honor Kyoto treaty
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 23, 2007
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Canadian protesters urge government to honor Kyoto treaty
OTTAWA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Canadian demonstrators poured onto
the streets of several cities Sunday to mark Earth Day and urged
their government to carry out its commitments to the Kyoto treaty.
The Conservative government has so far refused to honor the Kyoto
protocol signed by the former Liberal government, arguing that the
treaty is impractical, saying Ottawa needs to work out its own plans.
In Montreal, Canada's second-largest city, thousands of people
marched in the streets, dancing to the beat of drums and brandishing
signs demanding the planet be saved. Federal party Bloc Quebecois
leader Gilles Duceppe was present in the ...
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