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Canada's "constructive" role at the UNFCCC

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

The Canadian government is doing a poor job of representing our country at the UN climate change conference in Poznan: dishonesty seems to be our specialty. According to the Toronto Star:

Michael Martin, Canada’s ambassador for climate change and the country’s chief negotiator at the conference, denies obstructionism, saying Canada is playing a constructive role.

Michael Martin apparently has an idiosyncratic definition of “constructive”.

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