In exchange for passing the Canadian Conservative government's budget, the Senate passed a bill that will effectively force Canada to meet it's emission targets under the Kyoto Accord.
Pablo Rodriguez, the Liberal member of parliament who introduced the bill last March, stated earlier this year that: "It means that the government has no choice but to act and meet our Kyoto obligations."
The Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act stipulates that the government now has two months to come up with a blueprint for how it will meet its commitments under Kyoto and within 180 days, the government must bring in regulations to "ensure that Canada fully meets its obligations" under the protocol.
