Environment committee  Members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to tell the Bali story from my perspective as a member of the Canadian youth delegation to COP 13. In 2006, as the government betrayed its international Kyoto obligations and cancelled existing climate change programs, youth r

Environment committee  There were 32.

Environment committee  We and our sponsors, who we had to go and recruit.

Environment committee  We wish, but no.

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  We never had an opportunity to speak with the minister, so it's very hard for me to speak on his behalf. We were present at the event, which was labelled as a presentation on the “Turning the Corne” plan, and we eagerly awaited him speaking. He was seen at the event and he left e

Environment committee  No, and he never met with us either, and that's not for lack of our trying very hard.

Environment committee  That's exactly right. This was an event that was supposed to explain the “Turning the Corner” plan. This was a UN side event, so there was an international audience. There were Canadians there. There were people from all over the world who had shown up, because they were very cu

Environment committee  This disturbs us and makes us very uncomfortable. I'm going to talk on behalf of Canadian youth in particular. We came up against the lack of openness of this government at the 13th Conference of the Parties in Bali. It was impossible to meet with the minister. We met the Canadi

Environment committee  We had an outreach group. We were broken up into groups. I can personally testify to having asked the minister at a cocktail reception whether or not he would meet with Canadian youth. He refused, with a grin on his face that pretty much told me there was no chance of that whatso

Environment committee  We had multiple strategies to begin with. We had media strategies that involved creative actions, making placards, getting out where there would be cameras and trying to frame the messaging of what we wanted to see happen at the conference. So we used the media. We also had mee

Environment committee  Yes, he did. He reinforced a very negative image of his commitment to youth--at the very least--and to climate change in general.

Environment committee  Yes, we were accredited by the Climate Action Network.

Environment committee  I'm not an expert on this. I'm much more familiar with the CYD proper and the parent organization, the CYCC. We were accredited by the Climate Action Network. I would describe it as an ENGO.

Environment committee  Yes, I would say so.