Read what these Canadians would do... And then have your say Name: Penny City: Winfield If I were Prime Minister... I would stop spending massive amounts of funds to criticize the Leader of the Opposition. Cooperation with all parties is needed to address global warming - the gravest problem facing our country and the world. Put the fiddle down Mr. Harper, Rome is burning. Name: Patricia City: Toronto If I were Prime Minister... I would comply with Kyoto I would have strict laws when it comes to pollution I would fight illegal dumping of heavy metals and have the cleanest progressive country on Earth Name: Linda City: If I were Prime Minister... I would introduce serious tax rebates for individuals as well as businesses to convert their homes and businesses to solar and wind energy. Name: Warren City: Fredericton, NB If I were Prime Minister... I would get my head out of the sand, and start acting on environmental problems that will not disappear if ignored. Name: Patti City: Edmonton If I were Prime Minister… I would re-align spending priorities, drawing resources away from military efforts towards the US cause in Afghanistan and Iraq, and towards saving our environment and drastically reducing climate change - causing factors. Name: Jason City: Truro, Nova Scotia If I were Prime Minister... Pass legislation to reduce fossil fuel consumption and increase naturalpower generation i.e. wind power. Name: Roberta Rogers City: Salisbury, NB If I were Prime Minister... I would pass a law that requires everyone to be driving a hybrid vehicle within 5 years. Name: Deidre Kelly City: Ottawa If I were Prime Minister... I would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and put tougher restrictions onpolluting industries. Name: Marika City: Montréal, QC If I were Prime Minister… Canada would become the first country whose Prime Minister rode her bicycle to work! Name: Irene City: Nanaimo BC If I were Prime Minister... I would outlaw all materials that are not recyclable and force companies that make large products to take the oldone back when someone buys a new one. Name: Erika City: Toronto, ON If I were Prime Minister… I would provide subsidies for Canadians to buy fuel-efficient cars so the Kyoto targets would be more easily attainable. I would also provide incentives for industry to develop alternative energy sources and I would definitely tighten up pollution laws and go after the big offenders! Name: Brad City: Mallorytown, ON If I were Prime Minister... I would make the Hydrogen Economy a reality. Name: Janice City: Kettleby, ON If I were Prime Minister… I would wake up and smells the roses, because time has already started to run out, in order for our and our children’s survival. Name: Darlene City: Sydney Mines If I were Prime Minister... I would do my best to cut down gas emission, put more money into plans that support a plan to help repair the environmental damage which exists as a reach of human nature. It is time for change, it is time to think green and not greed. Name: Ed City: Oshawa, ON If I were Prime Minister... I would develop a 50-year plan to almost fully transition Canada from a carbon-based economy to a sustainable economy. I would do this not only to reduce pollution, improve human health, and curtail the enormous future costs of global warming. I would also be driven by the concern that world oil supplies may be insufficient to sustain growth in world economies for the next 10 years, never mind the next 50. T Name: Jennifer City: Toronto, ON If I were Prime Minister... I would only make decisions after I had thought about how they will affect my grandchildren! Name: Allison City: St. Brendan's, NL If I were Prime Minister... I would wake up and look at what is happening in the world around me, and make changes, such as tax deductions and incentives for earth-friendly practices, and of course, to walk back to our good old friend Kyoto. We miss you. Name: David Barnes City: Shawnigan Lake, BC If I were Prime Minister... I would not be bought out or bullied by big business. They would follow environmental guidelines or they would pay the actual costs of undoing the damage they caused. Then I would give them a swift kick and tell them to give their head a shake. Name: Terri City: Penticton, BC If I were Prime Minister... I would require all government buildings and agencies to operate "carbon neutral" I would fund R&D to identify ways of developing Canadian energy products that are sustainable and supportive of environmental best practices. Name: Jhoely City: Vancouver, BC If I were Prime Minister... I would make local organic/low package food cheaper than regular food to support natural farming. Name: Jayson City: Kamloops, BC If I were Prime Minister... I would force oil companies in Canada to give a percentage of their profits to research and development of alternative energies. Also I would give tax rebates for people and companies that change the way they live and do business, in ways that benefit the environment. (I would call them Ecodollars.) Name: Genevieve City: Québec If I were Prime Minister... I would protect Canadian forests, invest money into clean energy and I would stand up and fight for the future of all Canadians... from Newfoundland to BC and to NWT Name: City: If I were Prime Minister... I would make sure Canada was a leader, on the cutting edge of new technology toward new engines, new sustainable energy and new recycling of e-waste. The world should look to us for the way of the future. Name: Sandie City: Ottawa, ON If I were Prime Minister... I'd add a hefty tax to the purchase of SUVs and use the money to subsidize hybrid vehicles and other environmentally responsible alternatives. Canada is a large, spread out country so cars are going to be a reality for many years to come - they are our easiest target for energy conservation and pollution prevention. Name: Olivia City: Saint-John, NB If I were Prime Minister… I would make it so that when people change they're homes to a more sustainable one, all the changes they do (within guidelines) are tax deductible, this would also be the case when buying hybrid cars. I'd also make the people who buy larger non-hybrid cars with bigger gas tanks, and do not convert they're homes into more sustainable ones pay heavier taxes. Name: Amber City: Regina, SK If I were Prime Minister... I would make the environment the countries number one priority. If this issue is faced a great number of other issues including the economy, international development, trade, and health care will also be addressed. Name: Chad City: Roches Point, ON If I were Prime Minister... I would put a lot of resources into developing a more sustainable and reliable transit system. If I lived in Europe I could take a train everyday with ease to work. I would also follow Germany and Denmark with their commitment to wind power. Name: City: If I were Prime Minister... I would end subsidies to polluters. Name: Robin City: Regina, SK If I were Prime Minister... I would do a green tax shift off of personal income and onto environmental bads. Other jurisdictions, such as Germany, have done this very successfully in the past! Name: Anne City: Lorraine, QC If I were Prime Minister... I would use money to make more bike-routes from the suburbs to the main cities that are separated from the main roads. This will allow people to commute on bike to their work and to run their errands. In the summer trying to ride my bike from Lorraine to Montreal is suicidal because there is no place for bikes on the main roads. Name: Tracy Lambert City: Port Elgin, ON If I were Prime Minister... I would ask that all political parties stop the debate and take action now. Join together to make this happen, this isn't about party lines this is about survival, leave behind your old ideas and all work together to create new choices. Name: Danielle City: Timberlea, NS If I were Prime Minister... I would look to promote water power generation in the Bay of Fundy. Name: Bernadine City: Edmonton If I were Prime Minister... I would focus on meeting or exceeding California’s vehicle emissiontargets by 2009 Name: Angelo City: Edmonton If I were Prime Minister... I would set up a system where all garbage is recycled. Name: Melanie Siebert City: Victoria, BC If I were Prime Minister… I'd expand Nahanni National Park to include the whole watershed, so that it could live up to its World Heritage Site status. Name: Andy City: Prince Rupert, BC If I were Prime Minister... I'd make global warming a factor in environmental assessments. I find it very disturbing that global warming plays no part in any project's environmental assessment. Name: Patrick (Age 15) City: St.Albert, AB If I were Prime Minister... I would make sure that we promote hybrid vehicles and alternative energy sources like wind and solar power. We also need to make sure that we accept Europe's new diesel fuels resource and we should make other plastics and more bottles and cans recyclable. We need to buy more land property that should become national parks especially in Alberta and British Columbia mountain ranges. We need to stop globalwarming NOW! Name: Laura City: Waterloo, ON If I were Prime Minister... I would make the penalty for dumping oil in Canadian Waters HUGE! I would make the consequences for people much higher; years in jail! Our water can't take this damage, our planet can't take this damage. Name: Patty City: Quispamsis, NB If I were Prime Minister... I would make full disclosure of ingredients mandatory on all labels, hold industry accountable for the toxins they pump out that kill children and make safe household products the only choice. Name: Laureen City: Saskatoon, SK If I were Prime Minister... I'd accept that we all have to do something and stop trying to squirm out of it. This "environment" business isn't abstract--it's the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the climate we can survive in or not. Get it?

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