Canadian Health Professionals Call for Climate Action

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ย The Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nurses Association and the Canadian Federation of Medical Students have joined together to call on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to put the health of the worldโ€™s citizens first at theย upcoming UN climate summit in Copenhagen. All three organizations calledย on the federal government to to commit to science-based reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to help protect the worldโ€™s people from the disastrous human consequences of climate change.

โ€œCanadaโ€™s physicians strongly believe that the health of the worldโ€™s population must be the central consideration when governments deliberate on public policy whether at home or abroad,โ€ says Anne Doig, president of the Canadian Medical Association. โ€œIn Copenhagen, Canada must step up and take a collaborative approach for action on climate change.

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