Dear Prime Minister Harper,

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I am writing to express my concern over the actions of the Canadian government at the climate talks in Copenhagen. It is vital that we secure a strong and binding deal this year to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which runs out in 2012. But negotiators from Canada yesterday attempted to undermine the whole process by arguing that the baseline for future carbon cuts should be changed from 1990 to 2006. Not only does this conveniently ignore 15 years of polluting activities (during which Canada's CO2 emissions nearly doubled), it is a clear attempt to kill off the only legally binding international climate change agreement we have - the Kyoto Protocol. This is not good enough. Industrialised nations have a legal and moral obligation to take the lead in the negotiations and agree to a cut of at least 40% by 2020 from a 1990 baseline. This is in line with the current science on climate change. Also not content with attempting to destroy the chances of a strong agreement in Copenhagen, your government seems determined to trash its own environment through the production of fossil fuels from tar sands. In doing so, your government has violated the lands of indigenous peoples, and released vast quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is one of the key reasons why your country has failed to meet its Kyoto Protocol targets and why Canada's emissions have soared rather than reduced. I want to see you take action to ensure that Canada is not seen as the dirty old man of the climate world. Please clean up your act and: - Stop being a destructive influence in the Copenhagen negotiations. - Stop the destructive practice of extracting oil from the tar sands. - Take on a commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to cut Canada's emissions by 40 per cent by 2020 based on 1990 levels. Please assure me that you will be calling for these actions. I look forward to hearing from you.

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