Canadian Youth Tell PM Harper Stop Tarring Our Image

Canadian Youth speak out on Tar Sands at UN negotiations in Copenhagen

"Stop Tarring Our Image," Canadian Youth tell conference delegates

A new report from Equiterre, Environmental Defence, Forest Ethics and Climate Action Network Canada about the Tar Sands will be released today during an action by the Canadian Youth Delegation. This highly visual action will focus on how Canada's international reputation is being affected by the Tar Sands.

"Canada's Tar Sands is essentially damaging Canada's image abroad amongst international delegates as a fair, and just country," says Canadian youth delegate Daniel T'seleie.

"The Tar Sands are effectively preventing Canada from meeting any scientifically supported emissions reductions target, and are a gross violation for everything Canada stands for. We as Canadian youth are standing up and letting the world know."

For additional information please visit http://www.cydcopenhagen.org

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[johnarthurbell]

Our future, our best hope. Our kids could run this country better than Harper's gang.

[SRKSuperFanatic]

Fantastic!

[DarthSchwartz]

Just move the indians out. Problem solved.

[burden2thecrown]

good luck shuting down the tar sands. it makes millions, we wont even stop clubing seals for f*ck sakes

[dancingplanet]

the Tar Sands is a national disgrace. For the first time in my life I was genuinely embarrassed to be a Canadian because of what is happening in Alberta. Yet, hearing these youth speak out, I realize, it is not I who should be embarrassed to be Canadian, but that Stephen Harper is the embarrassment. The tar sands is a betrayal of Canadian values and the absolutely wrong project to be undertaking at this crucial time in history.

[Ragecookie]

I am canadian and by these videos...I am glad I am not the only one who thinks Stephen harper is a complete tool! He is more concerned with making himself look good while sending canada's image, canada's reputation, and canada's name down the crapper. I say THROW HIM OUT.

[bobjon38]

The highest ice minimum was 1981 and the lowest ice maximum was 2007. 2007, that means the ice maximums have increased as well!!! by 750,000 km's!!!

AGW is a myth.

[bobjon38]

Add to that the lowest ice minimum was 2007 (the picture gore used) but the minimum is now 500,000 kms greater than in 2007!!! Thats 500,000 square km's MORE ice. And GROWING. The 2007 date is interesting as well since the warmest year on record was 1998 according to the data that the ipcc used. Therefore the lowest ice minimum should have been 1998, not 2007. And in fact in 1998, the ice minimum was bearly 300,000 km less than 1979!!!

[bobjon38]

antartic ice

1979 - 15 million km

2010 - 16 million km.

Thats right, AGW caused antartica's ice sheet to grow 1 million km's!!! artic ice

1979 - 15 million km

2010 - 14 million km

Hey whats that?? 1 million km melted from the north and 1 million km grew in the south?

That means the net change is about????? ZERO.