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Federal election primer: Not-too-late-to-save-the-world edition

The global climate crisis—often framed as an abstract and future problem—is increasingly obvious outside our windows.

Summer hasn’t officially started yet, but out-of-control wildfires are already raging across Alberta and British Columbia. Following the record-breaking burns of the past two years, another bad wildfire season is in the forecast for Western Canada as temperatures pick up.

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