Yesterday Justin Trudeau said the most important issues for Canadians in the next election will be global warming reconciliation.
This while Canada is experiencing record cold in nearly every Province:
“A blast of cold Arctic air brought very low overnight temperatures to portions of Alberta beginning on Thursday". According to the summary, the coldest part in Alberta was the Hendrickson Creek Area, which saw a record-breaking low of -46.1°C — the old record was -40°C, which was recorded in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1995. The Banff Area also just broke a 108-year-old record when temperatures dipped to -39.8, breaking the 1916 recorded temperature of -39.4°C.
In BC, the coldest place that set a record for the lowest maximum temperature was the Yoho National Park Area, where temperatures reached -30.8°C — the previous record was 28.3°C in 1971. Other places in BC that shattered previous records include Abbotsford Area (new record of -10.9°C, previous record of -9.4°C in 1950, Victoria Area (new record of -6.4°C, previous record of -3.3°C in 1971), and West Vancouver Area (new record of -6.4°C, previous record of -2.9°C in 1998).
In Saskatchewan, the coldest record-breaking temperature was in Leader, where the new record of -44.4°C just broke the 2005 record of -39.7°C.
Meanwhile, Watson Lake Area in Yukon just tied with a record set in 1968 when temperatures reached a teeth-chattering -49.4°C.