Justin Trudeau took to the water this week to celebrate Earth Day, surfing with his family in Tofino on Canada’s far left coast. The waves were part of a three-day B.C. Easter break for the Prime Minister, a reprieve from Ottawa’s stormier climes.
It is with this carbon footprint in mind that we should read Trudeau’s Earth Day plea.
“Climate change is already affecting us here at home,” Trudeau wrote. “Canada’s North is heating up at three times the global average. Glaciers are shrinking. Sea levels are rising. Our oceans are warming and acidifying as they trap carbon dioxide. Floods, fires, heat waves, tornadoes - extreme weather phenomena are becoming more intense and more frequent, threatening communities across the country.”
The Prime Minister then largely repeated his words during a visit to flood-impacted communities in Quebec, which he reached following a brief stopover in Saskatchewan for “private meetings”. After sandbagging Gatineau Trudeau then left for Montreal for an environmental conference.
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