I don’t think we should consider signing on to a deal that makes us virtually the sole country in the world that is going to take any action.
~ Stephen Harper (born: 1959-04-30 age: 52) anti-environmental Prime Minister of Canada, Toronto Star, 2002-09-05

Harper has it backwards. Canada is one of the few deadbeat countries which includes the other two biggest polluters Australia and the USA. The Europeans met their Kyoto targets.