Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Towards Pollution Prevention'', the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development recommended that the federal government take action under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to regulate lead sinkers and jigs by prohibiting the import, sale, manufacture and use of lead sinkers and jigs by May 31, 1997.

OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Lead sinkers were prohibited in Canada in response to a recommendation by the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
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Answer:
Yes

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Barack Obama made history on 4 November 2008 when he defeated Republican rival John McCain to become the first black president of the United States. He had already broken new ground in his White House campaign, as the first black candidate to become the presidential choice of either major US party. To many people, Mr Obama seemed to come from nowhere. Although he had served in the Illinois state senate for eight years, it was only in 2004 that he shot to national prominence, with a speech that stirred the Democratic National Convention.

OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: John McCain ran for the presidential election again in 2012.
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Answer:
It's impossible to say

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Even the overall target referred to in the November 12 statement was put in doubt just eight days later-this is how permanent these commitments are-when the Prime Minister implied to Premiers Tobin and Klein that in his misguided desire to look better than the Americans on this issue, perhaps a new target should be adopted by lowering GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2007.

OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: The Americans had the best GHG emissions levels
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Answer:
It's impossible to say