Canada's Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol

Second Letter to Prime Minister Martin

On January 12, 2005, several environmental groups wrote to Prime Minister Paul Martin to urge him to give the highest possible priority to the announcement and implementation of a credible, effective plan to comply with the Kyoto Protocol.

The January letter stressed the need for a Kyoto plan to be announced by February 16, 2005, the date when the Protocol became international law. It also described seven criteria to evaluate the plan’s credibility and effectiveness.

Now, joined by several more concerned organizations, we are writing to reiterate the immediate need to announce the plan and fast-track its implementation.