PM Mark Carney Blames Canada Wildfires on — ‘Climate Change Is Everyone’s Responsibility’
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney dismissed the possibility that his government could be doing more to contain the out-of-control wildfires ravaging Ontario this week and sending toxic smoke down to flood much of the American Midwest and Northeast, demanding the United States do more to fight alleged “climate change.”
The comments, made during a press conference in Ontario, are Carney’s first in the aftermath of a torrent of outrage in the United States as millions of people were told not to leave their homes on Thursday to avoid becoming sick from inhaling Canadian fire smoke. Disillusion at the inaction by the Canadian government is also reportedly growing among the First Nations communities most directly affected by the fires, including some that have burned to the ground entirely and found little to no support from Ottawa.
Canada’s extensive forests have traditionally experienced regular summer fire seasons, controlled through indigenous methods such as controlled burns and the removal of dry, dead tree branches and other material that serves as kindling for large fires. In the past decade, as the Canadian government has largely abandoned forest management as a national policy, these fires have grown larger, more dangerous, and more polluting. The Canadian government has no federal emergency response agency and no national fire authority, leaving the country’s provinces on their own to respond to the fires.
What an odious chap Carney is, but he has at least confirmed what he is, a man who will never accept responsibility for anything he may righteously choose to disown. He has also confirmed that this is a major political attraction of the climate game, the adaptable righteousness.
Would Andrew Burnham accept at least some responsibility in similar circumstances? Probably not.
4 comments:
Highly depressing time right now, AKH.
James - yes it is. Life goes on but the long decline never seems to show any signs of coming to a halt.
As in Aus, trees evolved to cope with regular frequent small brush fires. Thick fire resistant bark with water filled sub bark. (It will have a fancy name)
In fact thrived. Such fires destroyed all competing species and is needed to germinate tree seeds in rich ash. The eucalypts, gum, trees even encouraged this by dropping oil rich leaves and branches, and exuding an inflammable vapour. The native humans knew this, like UK hill farmers, and started controlled burns.
Only by inhibiting such fires does the build up of fuel produce fires fierce enough to beat the thick bark. But the seeds still appreciate the rich ash.
Doonhamer - I don't know if they still do it, but we used to see controlled burns on moorland. It was beneficial and promoted new growth.
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