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Source: The Guardian

Canada axes green advisory body

The Canadian government is to mark the 25th anniversary of its
green business advisers by shutting the agency down

Felix von Geyer, in Montreal
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 May 2012 18.23 BST

The Canadian government is to mark the 25th anniversary of its green business advisers by closing the agency down.

John Baird, Canada's foreign affairs minister and pointman for next month's Rio+20 Earth summit in Brazil, said this week that the National Roundtable for the Environment and Economy (NRTEE) would have its funding cut in 2013 because of the availability of information from thinktanks, the internet and universities.

Baird told reporters that Canadian taxpayers should not have to pay for an organisation that has produced 10 reports promoting a carbon tax – "something that the people of Canada have repeatedly rejected"

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