We need a new kind of weather forecast

More regular reporting on extreme weather patterns would help Canadians understand the real threat of climate change.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured. Michael Wolfson says Environment and Climate Change Canada should produce an interesting and engaging flow of statistical indicators—weather facts and images—that highlight climate changes that affect us, not just whether it will be warm and sunny tomorrow.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL WOLFSON

November 12, 2018

The tornadoes that recently hit the Ottawa area cannot be blamed specifically on global climate change. But they are consistent with the long-predicted pattern of increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events, highlighted in the most recent report

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