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Montreal, Canada resident thanks PM Douglas for climate change comments
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| St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in jovial mood with students of the Sandy Point High School (photo by Erasmus Williams) |
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 27TH 2007 (CUOPM) – A resident of Montreal, Canada, is thanking St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas for his comments made on the failure of the Commonwealth to tackle head-on the issue of climate change.
“I would like to thank PM Douglas of St. Kitts and Nevis for his comments on the failure of the Kampala Commonwealth conference - thanks largely to the input of Canadian neo-conservative PM Harper -- to adequately address global warming,” said Susan Campbell in a letter posted on the Caribbean Net News Website.
“It is worth noting that, until recently, Mr. Harper was amongst those denying that global warming is a scientific reality. The present (Canadian) government’s retrograde attitude was also displayed in Canada's failure to support the UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples and, in the summer of 06, its blatant support for Israeli aggression against Lebanon,” said Campbell, who added: “It is certain that, particularly on the issue of the crisis represented by global warming, the present (minority) government of Canada does not represent the majority of the people of my country.”
Prime Minister Douglas who attended the Summit said Sunday that rich countries should compensate poor nations and that the Commonwealth did not go far enough in pushing rich countries to tackle climate change.~~Adz:Right~~
“We believe that a number of developed countries have not given the commitment we expected,” Dr. Douglas said. “They are the main contributors to the imbalance in climatic conditions and they should contribute much more.”
The Commonwealth declaration said global warming was “a direct threat to the very survival of some Commonwealth countries, notably small island states.” It said developed countries should take the lead in cutting emissions, but gave no details as to how.
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