
Canada's a slacker in talks to forge a new deal to fight climate change, has been "singularly unhelpful," and its oil sands are a "political problem" at international climate change negotiations, says Tim Flannery, world-renowned scientist and best-selling author of The Weather Makers who was in Ottawa last week to promote his latest book Now or Never: Why We Need to Act Now to Achieve a Sustainable Future.

Canada's a slacker in talks to forge a new deal to fight climate change, has been "singularly unhelpful," and its oil sands are a "political problem" at international climate change negotiations, says Tim Flannery, world-renowned scientist and best-selling author of The Weather Makers who was in Ottawa last week to promote his latest book Now or Never: Why We Need to Act Now to Achieve a Sustainable Future.