CPAC's Leaders' Tour follows the party Leaders as they campaign across Canada leading up to the federal election on January 23, 2006. Liberal Party Leader Paul Martin addresses the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal. He talks about the effects of global warming in Canada, including melting sea ice and melting permafrost that releases methane and so contributes to even more climate change. Climate change can be discussed in terms of energy security, economics, ethics, or ecology, but no matter how the facts are viewed, they show that we must act now. Canada has not had a great climate change record in the past, but now the government is investing billions to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets. The time for complacency is over, and everyone in the world is in this together. If climate change targets are not met, it will be a failure not of nations, but of people. In Charlottetown, P.E.I., Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper says this election is the beginning of the end of a tired, directionless, scandal-plagued government, and the start of bright new future for Canada. The Liberals have helped themselves, but have not helped Canadians. The Conservatives, however, will bring real change to Ottawa with their “Stand Up for Canada” plan, which involves cutting the GST, cracking down on crime, helping immigrants use their credentials in Canada, offering parents choices in child care, protecting pensions, improving health care, settling the fiscal imbalance with the provinces, and standing up for Canada's trade interests. In Halifax, N.S., NDP Leader Jack Layton praises the work of Nova Scotia NDP MPs Alexa McDonough and Peter Stoffer, and introduces the rest of the Nova Scotia candidates. He says the Conservatives are out of touch, wrong on the issues that matter to people, and haven't delivered for Nova Scotia, while the Liberals are good at making promises, but don't keep them and can't be trusted to deliver ethical and accountable government. The NDP, however, get results for people. He answers questions after his speech. In Coaticook, Que., Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe acknowledges that this isn't a referendum election, but says that doesn't mean one can't talk about sovereignty. He also says that Quebec has already made sacrifices for climate change, and has fewer greenhouse gas emissions than other parts of Canada. Most of the emissions are produced by Alberta, and Quebec shouldn't have to suffer because of other provinces' pollution. <58mn 30s>
