It seems that Kyoto is back on the map after all, according to a recent interview with Jack Layton. As mentioned earlier, the recent defection of MP Wajid Khan gives a Tory/New Democrat alliance a majority in the 308 seat House.
Any deal the NDP makes with the Tories on a revised Clean Air Act or any new environmental legislation will have to include firm commitments to the Kyoto Accord. "We've always supported Kyoto, it's fundamental, and it's essential that Canada stay part of that Kyoto program,"said Layton.
NDP support is slipping according to a recent Environics poll; the party currently sits at 14% nationally, down from 21% since June 2006. With the environment on many peoples mind, and a top issue among voters, it seems that Layton is attempting to win back some lost NDP support, much of which has gone to the Green Party.
Now that Layton has shown that Kyoto and the environment is on his party's radar, we can only hope that a firm commitment to overthrowing capitalism is next.
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