Why the world needs a little less Canada in 2018

Canadians and our governments should focus less on patting ourselves on the back and more on doing better for nature.

Science Minister Kirsty Duncan and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna speak to reporters Nov. 8. Canada protects less of its land and ocean than any other developed country, writes Stephen Hazell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STEPHEN HAZELL

January 17, 2018

Barack Obama, then United States president, told Parliament in 2016 that: “The world needs more Canada.” Banners in Chapters bookstores proclaimed the same message in 2017, by way of celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary. But considering the harm to nature that Canadians c...

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