NDP | "Stop playing political games with Kyoto"Getting results for people » Donate» Join» Jobs» Français Press» Press Releases» Speeches & Articles» StatementsHeadlinesWed 22 Mar 2006» Cullen to meet with survivors of the Queen of the NorthFri 24 Mar 2006» Statement by NDP Leader Jack Layton on case of Abdul RahmanFri 24 Mar 2006» NDP calls on the Prime Minister to provide redress to Chinese Head Tax Payers» more headlines"Stop playing political games with Kyoto"Thu 31 Mar 2005| Printer friendlyRick Smith, Executive director of Environmental Defence, opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, March 30If there's one thing that's clear from the confused federal budget debate of the past week, it's that the Kyoto accord has become a political football. It's time that all parties in this minority Parliament work together and get on with the job of meeting Canada's international commitments to reduce greenhouse gases responsible for global climate change.Scientific evidence of the need to reduce greenhouse

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NothingThe Vicq Committee's Corporate Tax Cutsby Erin WeirDecember 14, 2005 | Reports & Studies | Saskatchewan OfficeDecember 2005: The "Big Business Bang" TheorySocial, economic, environmental ills all have

NDP | NDP Backs Environmental Groups On Need To Enforce CEPA, Not Set Up Biased Advisory CommitteeGetting results for people » Donate» Join» Jobs» Français Press» Press Releases» Speeches & Articles» StatementsHeadlinesWed 22 Mar 2006» Cullen to meet with survivors of the Queen of the NorthFri 24 Mar 2006» Statement by NDP Leader Jack Layton on case of Abdul RahmanFri 24 Mar 2006» NDP calls on the Prime Minister to provide redress to Chinese Head Tax Payers» more headlinesNDP Backs Environmental Groups On Need To Enforce CEPA, Not Set Up Biased Advisory CommitteeTue 19 Jul 2005| Printer friendlyTORONTO - NDP Leader Jack Layton and Environment Critic Nathan Cullen (Skeena – Bulkley Valley) today rejected Environment Canada’s plans to set up a special “Chemicals Sector Sustainability Table” to consult on pollution issues.“In the midst of a summer where Southwestern Ontario is experiencing the worst smog record in history sending more people to hospital with breathing difficulties than ever before, the very last thing we need

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