Here come the climate-aligned finance firefighters

The cross-partisan MP support for CAFA is welcome news, mainly because it gives us hope that a new kind of politician is growing: the climate-aligned finance firefighters who will make sure our money stops fuelling the very fires devastating our country and world.

The famous 14: Lib MP Ryan Turnbull, top left, Lib Patrick Weller, NDP Alexandre Boulerice, Lib John Aldag, NDP Taylor Bachrach, Green Elizabeth May, Green Mike Morrice, Lib Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, BQ Jean-Denis Garon, NDP Richard Canning, Lib Jenica Atwin, NDP Daniel Blaikie, NDP Laurel Collins, and Lib Julie Dzerowicz. Photographs courtesy of the House of Commons

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

June 8, 2023

Despite regional emergency declarations due to extreme weather events in five provinces in the last month—including the whole province of Alberta due to ongoing fires—there is reason to be hopeful on the climate front. First, it is becoming increasingly possible to attri...

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