What else is happening while we worry about COVID? 

As a political issue, the environment has definitely been downsized.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured on Jan. 28, 2020, on the Hill arriving for the Liberal cabinet meeting in Ottawa. As worried Canadians focus on immediate problems—staying healthy, surviving financially, whether to send the kids back to school this fall—the environment disappeared from the front pages. So did the minister, writes Susan Riley.

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