Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged tougher measures to curb global warming and a more forceful Canadian foreign policy, on the one-year anniversary of his swearing in.
In a campaign-style speech that bolsters rumblings of a looming general election, Harper said his government would set "enforceable targets" for short, medium and long-term cuts to carbon emissions linked to global warming.
"Canadians have made it clear to us that they want to put one task ahead of all others: protecting and improving the environment," he said in a nod to his many critics on the issue of climate change.
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