Donald Trump did not get the respect that he deserved from the leaders of the G 7 countries. The issue that was the basis of the most significant disagreement with other G-7 leaders was climate change . . . and the Paris Accord. So, on his return he finally decided that the US would withdraw … Read more…
In the 2016 US Presidential election campaign, Donald Trump promised that if elected he would pull the US out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). To avoid this extreme result, the other NAFTA parties, Mexico and Canada, recently proposed a re-negotiation of NAFTA. President Trump agreed, and identified specific sectors, such as softwood … Read more…
Representatives of the members of the Arctic Council agreed on a draft statement covering the May 17 meeting of Council. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland noted the significance of the United States agreeing to the Council’s statement that supported the Paris agreement on climate change. After the draft text was circulated to the US Government, Rex Tillerson, the … Read more…
A group of interested grandparents met on Tuesday at First United Church Ottawa to discuss the possibility of creating a chapter of For Our Grandchildren in Ottawa. To introduce 4RG we presented this video taken at several events that 4RG has previously previously arranged. Because Guy failed to connect the sound correctly everyone listened very … Read more…
When President Trump was elected, 4RG anticipated that the US would not contribute anything useful to the development of international climate change policy and sound environmental measures over the next 4 years. In fact the future effort to check climate change may be more seriously effected. We expect that tomorrow (or soon thereafter) the US will … Read more…