The Editor,
The scientific consensus is that we humans must lower our emissions a whole lot and really fast. And that makes October's federal election so important.
At the Tri-City level, I'm engaged in setting up all-candidates climate debates (in both of our ridings) and Green New Deal town halls. I've found many people care a whole lot about the present climate disaster.
But I've also found despair. A lot of it. Many people I've met feel it is too late an hour to avoid catastrophe. Many have given up, stopped fighting and now just await the end with their kids and grandkids.
Only a super-important issue could cause both mass protest and existential crisis. And yet, CBC wants to squeeze this emergency into a glib little debate about irrelevant whatevers. Get real, CBC.
CBC must do better: Host an all-candidates climate debate.
Warren Wilkinson, Coquitlam
