Dear Editor:
A recent meeting by a group of concerned constituents with our local MP Michael Chong confirmed what we had feared: the Conservative Party has no plan whatsoever to deal with the climate crisis!
We were desperately hoping to hear about some viable counter plan to what the Liberals have implemented.
Instead, we came away with the very real sense that the Conservatives do not consider the extreme weather events which are destroying our food supplies, burning our forests, flooding our cities and plains, and destroying our homes as important enough to warrant a plan.
According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada the cost of insured losses alone due to severe weather events in 2022 reached $3.1 billion.
Surely if the Conservatives felt as strongly as they claim, while shouting down all Liberal initiatives, they would formulate an effective alternative. Perhaps they feel it is better to wait and see while we move closer and closer to the tipping point of no return.
We are all waiting for an opposition we can put some hope in. Where are they?
Sue Braiden,
Erin