Wildfires and wild storms are the new normal

It doesn’t help the soul to have governments pushing big corporate gains over Canadians’ sense of safety. It doesn’t help the spirit to have governments backstop oil and gas instead of clean energy. This is an example of the two-to-four-year political cycle pushing short-term gain to literally our peril.

An aerial view of a wildfire burning in Flin Flon, Man., on June 21, 2025. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Trudeau-era climate plan was too expensive for Canadians, but those words aren't comforting amid a summer of intense wildfires and flooding, writes Rose LeMay. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Government

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

August 10, 2026

OTTAWA—The word of the day is klimaangst. It translates into climate anxiety, but the German term just has more panache. The English word seems a bit washed out.

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