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Just sent this email to all my local elected reps, municipal, First Nations, provincial MLA and federal MP.

Dear Local Leadership,

A short message as I know you are all very busy with the fire on top of normal duties.

The world, including our ancient forests and bustling towns need all of you to become climate campaigners or the inevitable day will come when it all burns.

The “explosive” and “unprecedented” nature of this fire was preventable had world leaders followed their own commitments in the 1990s and reduced fossil fuel use to zero as quickly as possible. Fossil fuel production continues to rise in Canada. It must stop. You must advocate for and implement policy to achieve this. It is your duty as representatives concerned for both the present and future inhabitants of this land.

I deeply hope this fire shows there can be no equivocation. We must end the use of fossil fuels and every level of government must pursue that goal with every possible measure.

I found this ten year old sign in my backyard as I was cleaning up to prepare our home for possible evacuation.

Thank you for your service, and stay safe.

Cheers
Chris
CC: @josie_osborne
#underwoodfire #bcwildfire #endfossilfuels #climateEmergency #canpoli #cdnpoli

Hi #canada !

So its been a couple crazy months now, but the new PM came in full force in quite a storm, and part of his success has been using some of the conservatives’ good, yet poorly represented or conceived, ideas.

Question: where do you draw the line?

Overcrowded national parks are rather similar to managing other publicly-owned assets and services. They're public and thus should be free to everybody. Museums, hospitals, parks, whatever. These are ours and I see admission fees as giving unearned privilege to those with money.

If there's concern about the number of people showing up, other solutions need to be considered that don't amount to simply "let's make it expensive so the poors can't afford it."

cbc.ca/news/business/free-nati

CBCCanada's national parks are free for everyone this summer. Should they be? | CBC NewsFree admission to Canada's national parks this summer has helped draw visitors to the country's most popular parks, fuelling traffic jams and raising environmental concerns.