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KYOTO

Top Carbon Emission Producers
Some like to rate them on a per capita basis, but doesn't one determine pollution by the amount a factory belches smoke up into the atmosphere and not by the number of people who work there?

PARLIAMENT

Australian and Canadian Parliaments
Unlike Canada, Australia has an elected, equal, and effective Senate. Here is a comparison of the two Parliaments.

Canadian Elections: The Results for The West and The Rest
Tradition has it that either the Liberals or the Conservatives are Canada's top political parties of choice. This might be true in the rest of Canada, but the western provinces have their own traditions.

PRIME MINISTERS & PREMIERS

Oldest Winner Of A Federal General Election
Some say 65 is too old to become a federal leader, yet nine times someone of "retirement age" has won the favour of the electorate.

Oldest Persons To Serve as Prime Minister of Canada
Seven men have served as Canadian Prime Minister into their 70's. 

Youngest Prime Ministers Of Canada
The new kids on the block, Prime Ministerial style, range in age from a day shy of 40 up to their mid-50's.

Canada's 25 Longest Serving Provincial Premiers
Only two former Premiers, Tupper and Thompson from Nova Scotia, have served as Prime Minister. While neither held either position for long, some of Canada's political giants made their mark on the provincial scene.

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

Canadian Elections Using P.R.
Using the figures from the 2000 and 1997 Canadian elections, we can illustrate what kind of government proportional representation might have presented to the Canadian people.