The image above shows our beach at Freeport on a nice sunny day. The image below shows the same beach with smoke, courtesy of our neighbors to the north.
In the USA, when wildfires occur, there is a massive response, fire fighters, smoke jumpers get close, large aircraft dumping water on the fire and organized evacuations where necessary. In Canada … ?
Comments online from those who live there, show even the Canadian citizens are fed up with their government’s non-response to the fires. The Canadian prime minister refuses to take responsibility and has accused the US of not doing enough to fight climate change. The result? Annual fires and heavy smoke. The competence crisis is real.
