Leong: Where there's smoke, there's a needless political firestorm |
Wildfire smoke has been visiting Alberta over the past few days and with wildfires continuing to burn around us in places near and far, the acrid haze that’s become a staple of summer may yet make a return.
While the latest smoke forecasts show the next influx will likely be coming from fires burning in northern Canada, some of the previous plumes may have originated from conflagrations consuming forests in Washington and Oregon states.
Cross-border smoke is nothing new, sadly, and most people just make the best of things as hardworking firefighters do their best to get things under control.
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Meanwhile, some U.S. lawmakers came up with what they probably thought was a sick burn a couple of days ago as a huge plume of smoke from forest fires in Northern Ontario smothered the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, leading to air quality warnings.
“FINAL WARNING TO CANADA,” blared a social media message from would-be Michigan governor and current congressman John James. “Manage your forests to prevent these fires. American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction, year after year.”
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