How Do Government Decisions on Environmental Issues Impact Quality of Life?
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Preservation vs. Exploitation
National & Provincial Parks
National Parks are a country-wide system of representative natural areas of Canadian significance. By law, they are protected for public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment, while being maintained in an unimpaired state for future generations. National parks have existed in Canada for well over a century. |
Keystone, Gateway & Energy East Pipelines
The trade of natural resources can affect quality of life as well. Canada is a country rich with many natural resources and they are in high demand. The Canadian government has the potential to make substantial gains through trade. Some believe that because of the environmental impact associated with acquiring and converting these resources into marketable products, quality of life is diminished.
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Ditching the Kyoto Protocol: Good or Bad Decision?
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty signed in December, 1997, in the city of Kyoto, Japan and then updated in 2012. The Kyoto Protocol commits that those who signed the treaty will reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that a) global warming exists, and b) man-made CO2 emissions have caused it. Canada initially signed the Treaty in 1997, but in 2012, Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party withdrew from the program.
Climate change involves the whole world - so it involves countries of the world in negotiations about how to take action. Canada and the U.S. were part of these negotiations. The Kyoto Protocol was the first climate-change plan the countries of the world negotiated. The U.S. did not agree to the plan. Canada at first agreed, but our position changed based on the political party in charge.
Why would the Conservative government withdraw from an international agreement to change climate patterns and reduce overall pollution? |
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