Children and youth need decisive action to improve their environmental health and well-being

Environmental damage is not just a distant crisis they will have to deal with in the future; it is damaging the minds and bodies of children right now, and some will live a lifetime with the mounting impacts.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s mandate letter requires securing the 'right to a healthy environment in federal law and to introduce legislation to require the development of an environmental justice strategy.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID MORLEY AND EMILY GRUENWOLDT

June 27, 2022

Canada’s grades are not top of the class in UNICEF’s 17th report card on child and youth well-being, measuring the impacts of environmental damage on children and youth in the world’s 39 richest countries. While Canada had decent grades related to overcrowded housing and environmental educati...

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