Scott's DiaTribes » Vancouver 2010 http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Canadian Olympics athletes urge Harper to support climate change agreement http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2009/12/09/canadian-winter-olympics-athletes-urge-harper-to-support-climate-change-agreement/ http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2009/12/09/canadian-winter-olympics-athletes-urge-harper-to-support-climate-change-agreement/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:06:52 +0000 Scott Tribe http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/?p=7034 This is called knowing when to effectively use your time in the spotlight to highlight important issues, such as climate change:

Canada’s Winter Olympic athletes are calling on the prime minister to support an agreement on cutting greenhouse gases at the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen. Former Olympic skier Thomas Grandi delivered a letter, signed by 20 athletes including Olympic gold medallists Jennifer Heil, Hayley Wickenheiser and Beckie Scott, to Stephen Harper’s constituency office in Calgary on Wednesday. The athletes want Harper to help in the reaching of an agreement on reducing emissions at the summit of international leaders.

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