OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are accusing Stephen Harper of giving up on climate-change negotiations three weeks before a UN climate conference in Denmark.
The prime minister says there is strong consensus that countries around the world are a long way from reaching a binding, legal treaty on climate change.
Opposition parties say Harper's attitude on the issue is counter-productive.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe says the Conservatives gave up on climate negotiations to please friends in the oil industry.
New Democrat Thomas Mulcair accuses the government of doing everything it can to undermine the process of reaching a deal in Copenhagen.
Public Works Minister Christian Paradis says the Tory government does not want to sign an unworkable deal.
Paradis says the government's top priority is the economy.
