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Breaking News! Canada backs out of Kyoto Protocol
(CNN) -- For Canada, the cost of either meeting its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, or failing to do so, was too much to bear.

On Monday, the country became the first signatory of the landmark climate treaty to back out of the deal, citing the huge potential cost of legally binding commitments.

Confirming the move, environment minister Peter Kent said to meet its obligations under the accord Canada would have to take every single vehicle off its roads.

"Every car, truck, ATV, tractor, ambulance, police car," he elaborated in a media briefing, before giving another equally unpalatable option of closing down the country's entire farming and agricultural sector and cutting heat to every home, building and factory.

If the country failed to do so, Kent said taxpayers would have to give $14 billion to other countries "with no impact on emissions or the environment."
What's up with that!?
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At least they tried. George Bush and the US were like.. Fuck that we're not signing shit.
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the kyoto accord was all political and economical anyway. it does nothing to reduce humanity's impact on the environment. it was mostly a big financial handout to "developing" nations at the cost of wealthy ones that already pollute less.
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The current govt. (which was the official opposition back when Kyoto was signed) was always against Kyoto anyways. It's not surprising that they dropped out of it at the first opportunity.

Now they're free to mis-spend my tax money on other things..
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Like PRISONS!
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Its super important to build lots of prisons while all types of crime have been plummeting in the last decade.
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They are going to need someplace to put the political prisoners when the austerity riots start.
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cheaper to just put them in the ground

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Look at Canada go with the Olympic medal count!

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If Russia gets to include Siberia in their medal counts, the U.S. should get to include Canada!


1 United States 25
2 Russia 23
3 Canada 22


We'd be killing it!
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