Canadian Environment Minister Dismisses Stolen Emails

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โ€œIt does not change the position ofย Canadaโ€

Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice told the National Post that the emails stolen from the University of East Anglia would not change the position that Canada is taking to the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen thisย week.

โ€œThe science overall is relatively clear on all of this and as a conservationist and as a responsible environmental steward Canada wants to see carbon emissions reduced,โ€ Prenticeย said.

Prentice and the Canadian government have been winning criticism lately for being neither preservationist nor environmentally responsible in the position that it brings to the climate conference. Canada has abrogated its Kyoto commitment, nominated an inadequate target for emission reductions and made no public plan to meet even that disappointingย goal.

The minister also seems to show his hand in saying that the science behind climate change is only โ€œrelativelyโ€ clear – leaving the door ajar for those who continue to argue the contraryย case.

But it has to be an optimistic sign that he would not choose, at this juncture, to use the emails as an excuse for Canadaโ€™s intransigence. You might even hope it presages a new and more responsible internationalย position.

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