In the midst of a national climate crisis, Carney’s government falls silent

The words 'climate change' have barely passed Carney’s lips, nor did they feature in communiqués from the G7 summit in June in Alberta. It has been left to premiers, mayors, and Indigenous leaders to hold press conferences, comfort evacuees, and highlight the frightening reality of more intense, more widespread, more merciless fires.
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters The Office of the Prime Minister in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters the Prime Minister's Office in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025.

CHELSEA, QUE.—This summer, so many Canadians across the country have been affected by wildfires, or wildfire smoke, you’d think it might merit a show of passing concern from our federal government. Would a mention of the baleful impacts of climate change, too obvious to ...

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