COVID and the environment: a rare opportunity

We must demand of the government to implement policies for the good of the people who elect them. We must ensure that the infrastructure we need to pull through this pandemic and to survive the climate crisis are put in place. After all, there are only so many bunkers to hide in, and they don’t belong to us.

If we choose to battle the climate crisis in the coming years, community will be essential. We need carpooling, people to watch our children when we have to run across town, community gardens for our vegetables. The COVID-19 pandemic is giving us an opportunity to strengthen our ties with those physically close to us and create an unbreakable system of support, writes Una Šverko.Photograph courtesy of Pexels.com

Opinion

BY UNA ŠVERKO

April 20, 2020

MONTREAL—COVID-19 may breed fear, but it also spells opportunity. Moments like these are ones where people are listening and change is imminent. But change can move in two directions—the better and the worse. We must push for the former. Above all, I believe we must look to ensure that the chang...

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