I'm at an intersection. The walk light comes on. I leave the curb.

A Toronto driver comes barrelling around the corner on a right turn.

I freeze, but, bizarrely, he comes to a halt. Not only that, he waves a little with his right hand as if to invite me to continue crossing the street. So I do -- warily.

However, he does not accelerate or try to strike me with his car. Nor does he scream "asshole!" at he or utter a guttural, Sopranos-like "go fuck yourself."

I cannot explain this aberrant behaviour.

From AP via CTV.ca:

A new study suggests Canada ranks second to last among G8 countries when it comes to addressing global warming.

Only the United States scores lower on the Group of Eight Climate Scorecard, released Thursday by the World Wildlife Fund.

The study also found that none of the eight countries are making improvements large enough to prevent drastic temperature increases.

The World Wildlife Fund say none of the G8 countries are even half-way to meeting ideal emissions targets.

It says Britain has done the most to reach emissions targets set out in the Kyoto Protocol, with France and Germany close behind. Following in order are Italy, Japan, Russia, Canada and the United States.

Here's the WWF news release and some related links:

• 2008 G8 Climate Scorecards
  
• WWF G8 Position Paper
  
• Ranking Summary