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British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is currently visiting Canada.  He was in Toronto today to promote the reduction of greenhouse gases.  He will also be traveling into Canada’s arctic to get a first hand look at how global warming is affecting the region and the Inuit who live there. Here is an article in which Branson criticizes Canada for not meeting Kyoto targets and here is an article promoting Branson’s Flick Off campaign.

There has been much activity this week from the Canadian government on environmental issues.  The federal government has announced a plan to ban inefficient energy consuming light bulbs.  Here is an article about it.  You can also read an editorial written by the federal minister for the environment, John Baird, here.