| Climate Change Film Offers Warning, Hope | 09 May 06 |
 Former US Vice-President Al Gore's message to a Toronto audience May 4th was, "Global warming is real. We human beings are mainly responsible for it. The results are catastrophic - or will be unless we take action to stop it. We need to face it and we need to start right away. And, number five, it is not too late." Gore was in Toronto to present the Canadian premiere of his new documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth. The documentary warns that mankind has about 10 years to act on the impact of greenhouse gases or else the planet faces an environmental catastrophe. An Inconvenient Truth is designed to make a difference in the debate. Sierra Club of Canada Executive Director Elizabeth May was at the Toronto premieres and praised Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth is unlike any other film I have seen. It is entertaining, hopeful and profoundly moving. It is both a very personal story and a hard core science briefing. It is often very funny." Gore notes that Canada has a huge role to play on the issue of climate change, and he expressed concern that Canada may be trying to evade its responsibility and its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol. "They (Canada's new federal government) were elected because of issues that had nothing to do with global warming and the climate crisis, and now they're pretending to have a mandate to abandon Canada's historic commitment to playing a leadership role in cleaning up the world's environment." An Inconvenient Truth opens in Winnipeg mid June. For information on tickets, contact info@manitobawildlands.org. Visit the web site for An Inconvenient Truth View the May 6, 2006 Canadian Press article on CTV View the May 5, 2006 Canadian Press article on CNEWS View the May 5, 2006 Toronto Sun article View the April 17, 2006 Climate Ark blog on An Inconvenient Truth Sources: Canadian Press, Toronto Sun, Climate Ark |
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