The Kyoto Protocol is an International Agreement adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, and finally put into force in 2005. Every Country that has signed on is required to reduce gas emissions by at least 5% between the years 2008 '' 2012, so to what extent should Canada meet these requirements? Canada should completely drop the agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, for obvious economic and political reasons. First of all, the gas prices are going to increase even more because the government wants its citizens to drive more efficiently. Also, this is supposed to be an International Agreement, so how come the United States and Australia have not ratified the agreement (Bloch)? The Kyoto Protocol has little chance of making an impact to save the world if the two countries that emit the most CO2 refuse to do anything. Finally, the Kyoto Protocol is not enough to do anything about global warming; there are too many flaws in the system. The most dramatic economic issue for Canada, if they wish to fully complete their agreement, is going to be the gas prices. Fuel already costs almost twice as it did less than three years ago, and it’s still increasing at a swift rate. The government is doing this because they want us to either buy fuel '' efficient cars, carpool, or take the public transit. It won’t work because we need gas to drive everywhere, and if we don’t have that, the economy will perhaps stop and we will go through a depression. So if the fuel value goes up, international transportation will be more expensive and every other product will increase in price also. year 2012 would put too much strain on the U.S. economy, which is exactly why Canada should withdraw from the Protocol as well (White). Now that the United States is out of the picture, Canada is at a huge disadvantage in competing with them because of economic issues such as energy taxes. And why did Australia refuse to ratify the agreement? They say that the Protocol “fails to address the issue of economic...