A duty to protect: Canadian Senators stepping up for the planet

Senators have a unique opportunity to step up as leaders in Canada’s all-of-society response to the climate change imperative.

Widespread evidence of melting permafrost, increased floods, wildfires, storms, and sea level rise dominate the headlines. Scientists tell us that Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, write Senators Mary Coyle and Stan Kutcher.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR MARY COYLE, ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER

May 12, 2021

We, in the Senate of Canada, have a duty to protect our planet and its inhabitants from the threats of global warming. At the recent Biden Earth Day Summit on Climate Change, Canada committed to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent by 2030. That’s only nine years from now. T...

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