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View climate change as national security issue, says Green, NDP MPs
By Jesse Cnockaert December 6, 2021
The U.S. appointed John Kerry as a special presidential envoy for climate change on its National Security Council in early 2021, and Canada should consider taking similar action, says Green Party MP Elizabeth May.
John Kerry, former U.S. secretary of state, is the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, and some are suggesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau establish a similar post in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Flickr
Calls from opposition parties for the Liberal government to treat climate change as a national security threat are increasing in the aftermath of a recent flooding crisis in British Columbia where hundreds of troops were deployed to provide emergency assistance and flood cleanup.
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