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Posted on 19/11/02

Martin suggests Kyoto delay to try to get provinces onside

With reports from Shawn McCarthy in Toronto and Canadian Press

OTTAWA and EDMONTON -- The federal government should consider holding off ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in order to first try to reach more of a consensus with the provinces on how to implement it, former finance minister Paul Martin suggested yesterday. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is determined to see Canada ratify the agreement before the end of the year, but has been unable to get most provinces to sign on to a strategy to implement its greenhouse-gas cuts.

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