Mark Twain once complained that everybody talks about the weather but nobody ever does anything about it. Well, had he lived in Ontario in 1990, his complaint might never have arisen. In that enlightened province, the legislature’s select committee on energy is in the midst of conducting an exhaustive study into “climate change.”
The committee conducted public hearings, availed itself of counsel from several scientists and even sought the advice of experts from the Netherlands and Indonesia before issuing an interim report this spring.
The committee has come to the conclusion that whatever happens in the rest of the world should not be allowed to affect the weather in Ontario. “Creative leadership is needed now to prevent serious consequences of global climatic change from occurring in Ontario,” says the report.
The committee’s report comes none too soon. With summer almost upon us, provincial politicians in Ontario will have to seriously consider ways to prevent climatic conditions from getting out of hand.
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