Canada to pitch its own climate change plan to G8 - AFP

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Canada to pitch its own climate change plan to G8

by Michel Comte Fri Jun 1, 4:27 PM ET

OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will bring
his own climate change plan to G8 talks in Germany next week,
avoiding US-Germany disputes over new caps on CO2 emissions,
the government said Friday.

"We have our own plan. We don't have the German plan. We don't
have the American plan. We have a Canadian plan ... with excellent
ingredients to bring down greenhouse gas emissions," said Sandra
Buckler, Harper's spokeswoman.

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In April, he unveiled a plan to cut Canada's CO2 emissions linked
to global warming by 20 percent by 2020, based on 2006 levels,
and by up to 70 percent by 2050.

Canada's position at the G8 will echo this plan, said a senior
Harper advisor, adding: "We have to engage the major emitters ...
China and India."

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