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The conclusions include: I. The federal government, although it has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and recog- nized the importance of emissions from transportation, has failed to articulate a plan of action that adequately addresses even the few transport issues discussed in this paper; II. [...] CANet and its members need to increase pressure on the federal government around transportation issues if the sector is to receive the necessary policy instru- ments and public investment to achieve the required reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. [...] The purpose of this paper is to put forward some of the solutions to this complex issue and provide the basis for the Climate Action Network to adopt a series of policy positions. [...] Background The Climate Action Network submitted a briefing note to the federal government prior to the release of the 2003 budget which contained several transportation initia- tives that could have been incorporated into the federal government's climate action plan. [...] The costs were controlled by limiting the number of employers allowed to provide the benefit and by requiring that the benefit be new compensa- tion and not a conversion of existing salary.