Can Canada adhere to Kyoto? Yes.
Should they? No. It'll cripple the economy and put thousands of people out of work.
Does that mean we should say screw the environment? Nope. There's cheaper and more effective ways to reduce emissions as well as more tangible pollutants on a less aggressive and mindless way. To me, Kyoto was/is a scheme to extract wealth from North America and Australia to the third world, which would also serve the purpose of strengthening the European Union relative to the US, under the guise of environmentalism. The law of diminishing returns means little when some of the best educated nations are struggling to make ends meet, let alone invest in green technologies. (Oh, except Europe, since it is much easier and cheaper for them to reach their targets... and they'll just happen to hold all the patents too... hmm...)
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