CBC
November 27, 2009
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said Wednesday he’s optimistic that a global climate treaty will follow the Copenhagen conference next month.
[efoods]The environmental activist thinks some good will come out of the climate change conference even though “the expectations have been scaled back.”
“I’m optimistic that partway through next year, we’ll have a treaty,” he told Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio’s Q. Gore also welcomed the news that U.S. President Barack Obama announced earlier in the day that he will attend the Copenhagen conference.
David Suzuki, who joined Ghomeshi on the program, criticized Canada’s stance on climate change and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision not to attend the conference.
“Canada isn’t really taking the issue seriously,” he said.
Suzuki said the Harper government hasn’t had much to say about global climate change.
“I’d like to hear a statement from this government that climate change is real and affects Canada enormously.”
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