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I actually noticed it for the first time yesterday. Was crossing over 385 on Fairview and kinda looked over at the construction and.. There was a weird haze.
Even though the Canadian PM had been warned this could happen for years in the Canadian forests, he did nothing. Now he blames climate change.
The US should send Trudeau the bill for all that has been lost over the past few weeks.
Your post shows a serious lack of knowledge about Canada's forest and political makeup.
"Forest ownership
Ninety-two per cent of Canada’s forests are publicly-owned — 90 per cent by the governments of the provinces and territories and two per cent by the federal government. The remainder is held by some 450,000 private landowners. In some parts of the country an increasing amount of forest is coming under Indigenous jurisdiction (two per cent) as land claims are settled."
Trudea haÈ™ nothing to do with the majority of forests in Canada, only 2 percent is under federal jurisdiction.
Also, what the heck do you think Canada can do with 1.2 billion acres of forests. Most of which is inaccessible, and has never seen a human set foot on it?
Wow, cool down a bit, folks, my intention was to alert people here so that the elders might be better off staying indoors since their natural ability to fight poor air and the like is not as strong as that of average folks.
Your post shows a serious lack of knowledge about Canada's forest and political makeup.
"Forest ownership
Ninety-two per cent of Canada’s forests are publicly-owned — 90 per cent by the governments of the provinces and territories and two per cent by the federal government. The remainder is held by some 450,000 private landowners. In some parts of the country an increasing amount of forest is coming under Indigenous jurisdiction (two per cent) as land claims are settled."
Trudea haÈ™ nothing to do with the majority of forests in Canada, only 2 percent is under federal jurisdiction.
Also, what the heck do you think Canada can do with 1.2 billion acres of forests. Most of which is inaccessible, and has never seen a human set foot on it?
Your post is nonsense.
Thank you for providing some more info on the situation.
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It looks like the number of wildfires in Canada has declined significantly since the 1980s. In recent years, the number of fires per year have been about 50 percent of the average number of fires in the late 1980s, according to an article in the Financial Post.
Doesn't make sense to blame these fires on "climate change" especially the same year the Sierra Nevada mountains in California saw record snowfall
It looks like the number of wildfires in Canada has declined significantly since the 1980s. In recent years, the number of fires per year have been about 50 percent of the average number of fires in the late 1980s, according to an article in the Financial Post.
Doesn't make sense to blame these fires on "climate change" especially the same year the Sierra Nevada mountains in California saw record snowfall
Isn’t record snowfall due to climate change too?
It looks like the number of wildfires in Canada has declined significantly since the 1980s. In recent years, the number of fires per year have been about 50 percent of the average number of fires in the late 1980s, according to an article in the Financial Post.
In terms of global climatic time, what might have happened between the 1980s to present day is barely measurable. A tiny blip on the radar.
Doesn't make sense to blame these fires on "climate change" especially the same year the Sierra Nevada mountains in California saw record snowfall
Once again, you're trying to equate annual weather fluctuation with climate change. Stop. While one certainly is somewhat related to the other, they are not the same thing.
Weather mostly flows from west to east across N America. If Pacific storms happen to stall out and dump more of their moisture in the US Pacific coast states that might well result in a drier winter and lower snowpack in central/eastern Canada.
Canada recorded a drier than average winter and lower than average snowpack.
Forests (all the smaller more easily ignited fuels) ended up dry. While dry storm lightning strikes tend to be the most common cause of wildfires in remote undeveloped unmanaged forests, many of this year's fires were thought to be human-caused. A spark from a vehicle exhaust or other motorized equipment (generator, chain saw, the list is long), cigarette butt, improper trash or slash burning landing in dry fuel? Voila, rapidly spreading fire. Small human caused fires probably occur all the time, but if conditions are drier than normal they can spread much more easily. Fires can get so large they create microclimatic conditions that allow them to spread that much faster.
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