Liberal MP David McGuinty told 麻豆影视net Thursday that the Conservatives are "playing games" with next week's throne speech.
The comments follow a Canadian Press report that the Tories have drafted a throne speech that could force the Liberal Party to abandon its support for the Kyoto Accord or call an election.
CP says that Prime Minister Stephen Harper believes the Liberals are so desperate not to go to the polls they would rather accept a throne speech that states Kyoto targets can't be met rather than trigger a election. The throne speech is a confidence motion that would force an election if voted down.
McGuinty, the Liberal environment critic, says he doesn't know what will be in the speech, but that he has heard that the prime minister may try to force Canada to abandon Kyoto altogether.
"We have heard rumours that the prime minister is going to try to use the throne speech to take this country outside of the Kyoto Treaty," said McGuinty.
"We would be the only one of 168 countries to unilaterally rip ourselves out of the treaty after having signed it."
Some Liberals have rejected the government's plans to deal with the environment and accuse them of using the throne speech to take away public attention from the issue.
"We simply cannot believe all of this effort and all of these games being played by the prime minister. We're just scratching our heads and saying why isn't he moving forward in a positive way to protect the environment for Canadians as opposed to playing these procedural games? I think most Canadians are getting very, very tired of this," said McGuinty.
But if the Tories move away from Canada's Kyoto obligations, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion will be placed in a tough political position. He could face ridicule if he votes for such a throne speech because of his party's well-publicized support of the accord.
But there are also reports that the Liberals may find a way to oppose the speech or elements of it without forcing the government to fall.
McGuinty did not comment on the speculation, but he said the Liberals are exploring several options to deal with potential outcomes from the speech.
