As you know, B.C. is on fire. (So are many other parts of Canada and the world.) My eyes are stinging and I can91裸聊视频檛 go outside. Most of August has been like this in Kelowna. It91裸聊视频檚 the third year in a row that the summer has fizzled out due to a sun-blocking, lung-burning haze.

I know you91裸聊视频檙e both on the pathway of normalizing this (a 91裸聊视频渘ew reality,91裸聊视频� said the prime minister; a 91裸聊视频渘ew normal,91裸聊视频� said the premier). You91裸聊视频檙e both on the pathway of turning the new normal into a matter of resource allocation to fight the fires. 91裸聊视频淲e have to clear up those lines of flowing resources and ensuring people get what they need, regardless of whether they are in an Indigenous community or a non-Indigenous community.91裸聊视频�

That91裸聊视频檚 completely unacceptable. NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson articulated the truth. 91裸聊视频淭he smoke in the air is such an emblem of the climate change crisis. That the federal Liberals have still failed to regulate any greenhouse gas emission reductions is all that people are talking about on the street. That the air from the forest fires is evidence that stems from climate change and it highlights a lack of action federally.91裸聊视频�

What91裸聊视频檚 required is climate action and all we91裸聊视频檙e getting is bankrupt excuses. While the province burns, Horgan was asked how he can justify supporting the LNG industry. He answered that B.C. is just 4.5 million people sharing a planet with seven billion others. 91裸聊视频淲e have to be realistic about what our impacts would be,91裸聊视频� he said.

This logic tells us that despite the fact that Canada has one of the highest per capita GHG emissions rates in the world and that the world is broken climate-wise, we (a nation of only 36m out of a global 7bn) are not the problem, that no one should look toward us for a solution, and that contrary to reducing emissions, we91裸聊视频檇 be fine with increasing them.

That logic plays out every day. We91裸聊视频檙e nowhere close to meeting Stephen Harper91裸聊视频檚 basement-level emissions reduction targets. When Donald Trump demolishes a carbon tax, we meet him on the way down. Instead of investing in a new green economy, we buy a pipeline. There91裸聊视频檚 no daylight between any of you. You behave like there91裸聊视频檚 no tomorrow, and I91裸聊视频檓 finally feeling scared. I think the only answer as to why you continue adding fuel to the fire is that there91裸聊视频檚 no point not to. Is that what you know that we don91裸聊视频檛? That it91裸聊视频檚 over, that we91裸聊视频檙e finished, that we have at best a dance or two left before the ship sinks?

Dianne Varga

Kelowna