It is the best of times, it is the worst of times … again

After finding a 1992 paper he wrote as a university student, Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco reflects on Canada's inaction over the last three decades to adequately address climate change, noting truly sustainable development still eludes us both globally and here in Canada.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Unfortunately, the consistency between Canada’s 1992 and 2019 commitments has been accompanied by an equally consistent lack of results, writes Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER JERRY DEMARCO

July 13, 2022

Searching through my old files recently, I found a faded copy of a paper that I wrote in 1992. A university student at the time, I prepared the paper for the United Nations Earth Summit in Brazil—the first international conference I had ever attended. Leaders had come together to sign new treaties...

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