A vacancy at the top: energy-rich country seeks climate leader

We have a shrill war against the mildest environmental remedies from the right, a plodding agenda from the Liberals, a vanished Green Party, and an NDP that needs to shake off its lethargy and, perhaps, its likable, but lacklustre, leader. It all amounts to a large, dangerous vacancy at the top. If Poilievre ends up filling it, we will be well and truly fried.

A wildfire burns in Alberta earlier this year. This country desperately—increasingly desperately—needs political leadership on climate change, writes Susan Riley.Photograph courtesy of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

August 14, 2023

CHELSEA, QUE.—This country desperately—increasingly desperately—needs political leadership on climate change.

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