Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-04-20-Speech-2-267"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-04-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU - Canada Summit (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100420.11.2-267"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-04-20-Speech-2-2682
lpv:speaker	lp:Kriton Arsenis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2013-09-10)3 unknown; Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2009-07-14--2013-05-29)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Canada is one of the oldest and closest allies of the European Union and has been since 1959. However, our cooperation must always be based on common values and mutual respect. Canada is one of the ten worst emitters of greenhouse gases in the world and is the only country which, even though it signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, then publicly announced that it had no intention of honouring its legal commitments. Instead of reducing emissions by 6% compared with 1990, emissions in Canada have risen by 26%. The production of tar sand is the main cause. Emissions of greenhouse gases from the production of tar sand are 3-5 times greater than from conventional production of oil and natural gas. The production of tar sand also takes two to five barrels of water for every barrel of tar extracted and then creates a series of waste products which threaten both biodiversity and the life of the natives. This production is also destroying the boreal forest, one of the biggest carbon sinks on the planet. By 2020, tar sand will probably have produced more emissions than Austria and Ireland. Canada spends just USD 77 per person on green subsidies, compared with USD 1 200 for Korea, 420 for Australia and 365 for the United States. Guaranteeing protection for the boreal forest is extremely important and it is important that we ask Canada to comply with the international agreements that we have jointly signed, but which only we are respecting unilaterally, and that should be the basis for any further cooperation."@en1
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