New Parliament should put best foot forward to address climate change

Canada does not contribute the world’s largest share of greenhouse gas emissions, but Canada’s emissions per capita are among the highest in the world. We have the knowledge and the resources to do better.

Climate strike protestors pictured on Parliament Hill on Sept. 27. As a new Parliament convenes, let us insist that Canada offer the world our best—the best of our diplomacy, the best of our science and research, and the best of our policy analysis, writes IISD's Sophia Murphy. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY SOPHIA MURPHY

October 23, 2019

The health and wellbeing of Canadians is irrevocably tied to the health and wellbeing of the planet. Our newly elected government needs to demonstrate they understand what this interdependence implies. In 1987, the Bruntland Commission published a report with the title, Our Common Future. ...

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