-- Don't give them a free ride. They still have to earn your vote. They have to know that climate change is a key issue for their constituents, and that after the election they are going to have to get to work to start quickly reducing emissions.
A couple of key questions:
Ask them how much they think emissions need to be reduced. They should know, without prompting, that they have to be reduced 80 to 90 percent by 2050.
Ask them how their party will get that done.
They should know key measures must include i) putting a price on emissions -- i.e. with a carbon tax, and 2) regulating reductions from those sources that can't be controlled by pricing pollution. If they give you vague answers about voluntary measures, personal responsibility, education, rebates and incentives and so on then they have clearly missed the boat.
Please ask the candidates tough questions, at the door, at town halls, in letters to the editor. When their campaign office calls and asks you for money, ask them tough questions too. They may not have the answers, but they will help send word up the line that your support is not unconditional.
Please go to www.voteforclimate.ca to get involved.
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Hi, I couldn't agree more that we need to hold ALL candidates' feet to the fire this election.
I work for the David Suzuki Foundation, and we've just posted up some Issue and Question sheets that lay out the facts on the top environmental issues and list the top questions that need to be asked of our candidates if we want real change.
check them out: http://voteenvironment2008.com/
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