Airy, Airy, Au Contraire

In all my years on this planet and in this province, I have never experienced wildfire smoke on this level. In fact I have never experienced the impacts of something like this until 2023 when this became a much more pressing and emergent issue.

While Premier Doug Ford goes on about highways and tearing out bike lanes, his cuts to wildfire management and preparedness has left us with the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile on the federal stage, Prime Minister Mark Carney is signing an oil pipeline deal with Alberta that is said to span 4 provinces (if it gets built at all which I hope it doesn't).

I severely hope this is a wake up call to everyone in my fucking country that we can't leave climate preparedness until the last minute.

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Also, seems an oversight to leave out the article headline

It harms your lungs and it’s especially bad for children (and pets!) or anyone with health problems. There are all kinds of chemicals in that smoke. It’s not only trees that are burning. The heat already makes it harder to breath. This makes it worse.

If any of you are experiencing it, feel free to tell about it in the comments. 💚