Letters

Le Québec figure au premier rang au pays en ce qui concerne l'action sur le climat.

Nous sommes très enthousiastes à l'idée d'une coalition et du support que vous lui avez apporté. Cependant, dans le cadre de la coalition, il sera primordial qu'on accorde la priorité aux questions environnementales, spécialement en ce qui concerne les changements climatiques. Bien sur que nous vivons une crise économique, mais la crise environnementale doit rester à l'avant-plan.

We want to commend you for your Kyoto work in the House and raise with you some further concerns.

We support the proposed coalition and your work to promote it. But we urge that there be a strong environmental, indeed climate crisis component in it. Yes, we have an economic crisis, but the environmental is surely at least as great.

The three opposition parties all have a stronger position on climate action than the Conservatives do. If we count the Greens as well, we see that a good majority of Canadians voted for parties supporting strong action on climate change.

In response to your request for advice from Canadians on the budget, we urge you to consider our country’s most critical priority, survival, which indeed is the great issue for all humankind, and most of the world’s species who cannot speak for themselves.

Economic stimulation measures should have a significant environmental component, and greenhouse gas emission reductions must be the highest priority.