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The Ottawa climate strike on Parliament Hill on Sept. 27. If we are going to succeed in countering climate change, we need a strong dose of realism with our idealism, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

October 2, 2019

OTTAWA—“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” In the midst of a downpour, I am reminded of that quote, often attributed to Mark Twain, but actually the wit of Charles Dudley Warner. I was thinking of Warner’s phrase when several hundred thousand...

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