This new normal of near-constant wildfire smoke annoys me as much as the next person. But it serves as a reminder that we share one fragile atmosphere that we’re collectively screwing up. Fruitless to waste all this energy pointing fingers like children when we should be joining hands to fix this. It’s like nature’s warning signal.
Whether it be wildfire smoke, a global pandemic, or heat waves, nature know no geopolitical borders. So maybe instead of squabbling over whose smoke is whose, we could acknowledge that we’re all in this smoldering mess together. We only have one planet to live on, and we only have one atmosphere to breathe from.
(just food for thought)
You know what? Whether or not these wildfires are a direct consequence of Canadian climate policy or not, Canada does not get nearly the blame it deserves for continually raping this planet and its people.
Wrong… Blame fossil fuel industry, blame the auto industry, blame tax cuts that result in the defunding of forestry management. and then most of all, blame ourselves for enabling all of the above
THEN we can join hands and fix this
You’re 100% right. But my point is, international cooperation is key, and every country has a part to play. As we’ve all seen during the COVID pandemic politicizing natural disasters is a recipe for disaster, and unfortunately, it appears as though we haven’t learnt a thing.
We have. Politicians who gobble fossil industry cock do not care. This is intentional and no amount of “learning” helps as long as oligarchs exist. Sorry.
“politicizing disasters” to me just sounds like exploring the possibility that there are people and actions to blame…
I’ve not seen, or perhaps not paid attention to, any blame game. This is exactly what all the modeling for climate change predicts, and it’s gonna get worse. So if people want to point fingers, the list of countries and industries that have produced most CHG gases ever, and currently, is easily available online.
Is this even true ? Is there anyone blaming Canada for this ?
The New York Post had a huge “Blame Canada” headline on June 8th, so… Yep, very literally.
That’s the New York Post though. They’re just joke news for incel red hatters.
Some people seem to think that you can rope off a “designated peeing area” in the swimming pool…
We all share one climate – it doesn’t matter where in the world you burn the coal or where the fires break out, we all suffer together. That’s the reality that a lot of people all over the world don’t seem to be willing to understand.
Well said. Climate doesn’t have borders.
American here. I was browsing all and saw this.
I’m not blaming Canada. I’m not aware that anyone is blaming Canada. The smoke comes from Canada. I’m frustrated with the smoke. So are you.
IMO it’s like when a Canada goose shits in my yard. Im angry at the goose not Canada.
Yeah but how do you know we didn’t send that goose on a mission to shit in your yard? Maybe you should be mad at Canada.
In all situations the best course of action is to simply blame Canada https://youtu.be/kYB6ZSwdrvM
They’re not even a real country anyway.
They are basically the US but with healthcare and French people!
The Healthcare is a total wreck. Here you get a 50 % chance of surviving instead of a 100% of going broke
50% chance of surviving? What are you talking about?
A man went to the hospital, waited for 16hrs to be seen by a doctor, just to be sent home. He died later that day.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/man-dies-after-waiting-16-hours-quebec-hospital-1.6626601
That only means that healthcare need more funding, not that healthcare is bad.
If I were to find one case, just like that in the US, would you say that no healthcare is bad ?
I agree, one case is not enough to justify calling the whole system a wreck. The general state, any day each hospital and more clinics are overloaded and very inefficient.
Lots of medical personnel left during the pandemic and never hired enough to make up for the loss.
I’ve had care in private hospitals in other places (poorer countries) and they were at least an order of magnitude better. The hyperbole of total wreck mostly means my disappointment in the system
