Canada’s electoral system keeps sabotaging climate progress

We can no longer ignore the direct link between how we vote and our ability to address the climate crisis. Canada urgently needs electoral reform. Our future, and our planet, depends on it.

Pedestrians cross O'Connor Street in downtown Ottawa. Canada faces an existential threat from the climate crisis, yet our electoral system continues to undermine effective climate action, argue Suzanne Apelian and Emerson Howitt. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUZANNE APELIAN, EMERSON HOWITT

April 30, 2025

Canada faces an existential threat from the climate crisis, yet our electoral system continues to undermine effective climate action. Following recent provincial and federal elections, abrupt environmental policy changes have become increasingly common. This policy instabili...

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