This Letter to the Editor was published in the Toronto Star on May 18, 2023.

Re: Wildfire officials warn of heat in Alberta’s south, May 15th, 2023

According to this latest article, there are 19,300 Albertans that have been evacuated and over 1,500 Albertans fighting the wildfires. There have been daily articles describing the conditions and the hardship being experienced by both caused by “hot and dry conditions.”

What is ironic is that the very province which emits the most heat-trapping pollutants in Canada, not only from its fossil fuel production, but from the burning of its products shipped to other parts of the world, is now suffering the most from climate change (in Canada).

What is puzzling is that there is no mention of climate change, nor the burning of fossil fuels, the primary cause of climate change, in these articles, nor in the rest of Canadian mainstream media. 

Ray Nakano, Toronto