Beware of politicians cynically co-opting things like #JasperStrong, especially if their only climate "policy" is #AxeTheTax. It's like #ThoughtsAndPrayers from NRA-funded US politicians after mass-shootings. Ask instead how they'll turn the heat down. /17
I'm not #JasperStrong I'm #JasperAngry. It was all predicted. #Jasper was preventable, as were the 600 Canadians killed from #ExtremeHeat in BC in 2021. It's irrefutable: keep on as we have & the only certainty is MORE JASPERS & MORE DEAD CANADIANS /12 https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-politicians-arent-connecting-climate-change-with-wildfires
Opinion: Politicians aren't connecting climate change with wildfires | Edmonton Journal

We need to be much more clear-eyed about wildfires in Alberta and the causes, complications and consequences.

Edmonton Journal

@gemelliz @CanadianCrone @maleve @Snowshadow

Best response I've seen to this so far was a pic of the pyramids captioned #JasperStrong

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After “massive public outcry” and Trudeau posting the feds will match Red Cross donations, Danielle Smith will release evacuee funds now instead of making Jasperites wait for 7 days—and AB govt will also match Red Cross donations.

#cdnpoli #Jasper #JasperStrong #JasperWildfires #ableg

"As Jasper tries to recover, we’ll hear a lot about #JasperStrong, about rebuilding, and how tough people are. I no longer agree with this faux happy-face American-style viewpoint. People don’t recover after losing everything. They endure, but that’s not the same."

🪦 Slayed!

We are losing the prettiest places in Canada. And still, we will not change
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/we-are-losing-the-prettiest-places-in-canada-and-still-we-will-not-change/article_d2d279ae-4a9c-11ef-a8a5-478e1043eb93.html

Unpaywalled https://archive.ph/wDZeB

Heather Mallick: We are losing the prettiest places in Canada. And still, we will not change

Those mountains, those icefields, those bark-and-branch landscapes so huge they could always be relied upon, were an emotional rock for us. But with fires gulping at the U.S. and Canada

Toronto Star