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November 30, 2009

"Obstacle #1 [in Copenhagen] is Canada"

World renowned journalist and columnist for the Guardian George Monbiot has declared that Canada is the major obstacle to achieving a global climate treaty in Copenhagen.

Monbiot, who has not traveled on an airplane in two years, said that it was necessary to be in Canada in the lead up to Copenhagen negotiations

"So many people have pressed me come to Canada, to help to kick up a fuss on why the government isn't doing anything at all to advance the process, but everything in their power to obstruct the process," he said in a video interview available on YouTube. 

Monbiot has also published a piece in today's edition of the Globe and Mail titled "Please Canada, clean up your act". He will also be speaking at the Munk Debates tomorrow.

To watch the YouTube video, see below. (Thanks to Adam Scott and Laura Tozer for the footage)

Posted by Jasmeet Sidhu at 01:06:50 PM in Canada, Copenhagen Climate Summit 2009

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  • Jasmeet Sidhu is the founder of the Peel Environmental Youth Alliance (PEYA), a network of students in the Peel Region working to implement environmental programs in all 220 Peel Region schools.

    She is a past member of the Star's community editorial board, and is currently studying Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto.

    In 2008 she was named one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network, and was named this year by Glamour Magazine as one of the Top 10 College Women in America.

    Jasmeet will be in Copenhagen in December as a member of the Canadian Youth Delegation and the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, and will be blogging for the Star during the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference.

    She previously blogged for the Star during the 2008 UN Climate Change Conference in Poland.

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