Regardless of politics, climate change ‘isn’t a distant phenomenon’ amid ‘most destructive wildfire season in Canada’s history,’ say experts

More than 17 million hectares of forest have burned in Canada over this year's fire season as the climate debate in Parliament focuses on carbon pricing.

In a Sept. 16 photograph, the B.C. Wildfire Service shows how 'hot, dry and windy conditions have increased fire activity on the Bush Creek East wildfire,' located northeast of Chase, B.C.Photograph courtesy of B.C. Wildfire Service

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

September 25, 2023

Following a record-breaking wildfire season in Canada that’s already seen more than 17 million hectares go up in flames and a number of communities evacuated, a sustainability governance specialist says that the summer has brought home to "every single Canadian" that clima...

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