Editor:
The damage from Hurricane Fiona in eastern Canada is devastating. It follows on the heels of deadly and destructive heatwaves, wildfires and floods in other parts of Canada. All these events are stimulated and made more serious by climate change.
The cost of these disasters is in the multibillions, yet neither the cost in lives nor property seems to prod our federal and provincial governments to meaningful action on climate change. Instead, we hear that Canada is considering backstopping insurance coverage for vulnerable property.
Neither Canada nor the provinces have a credible plan for a phase down of fossil fuel use and a transition to renewable energy by 2050. Nor do any of them have an operational plan for adaptation to climate risks. How much property must be destroyed, how many people must die, before our governments take the climate crisis seriously?
Michael Healey, Gibsons
