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By Bill Henderson March 23, 2020
Governments around the world are taking drastic measures to respond to COVID-19. Why not climate change?
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for Question Period in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020. The modest carbon tax implemented by Canada's Liberal government is an example of simply tinkering around the margins of a global problem, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
GIBSONS, B.C.—The coronavirus is forcing us to learn valuable lessons. Sometimes governments have to act, and quickly, in protecting their citizens. Sometimes governments have to force a closure of business-as-usual, no matter what the cost, in order to protect all of our futures. Sometimes governments have to have a plan to do things not previously allowed, a plan to transition quickly in an emergency so that a future business-as-usual will be possible.
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