Over a million hectares of Manitoba have burned this summer. As thousands flee for their lives, air quality warnings are now part of our daily weather forecasts, and we’re told not to go outside if we’re elderly or vulnerable. Meanwhile, the provincial government is still missing in action on working towards a fossil-fuel-free future.

As a supporter of — and donor to — the Manitoba NDP, I am deeply concerned about the party’s change in tone on climate in the past few years.

In 2017, Premier Wab Kinew, then the opposition leader, criticized the Conservative government for delaying its carbon tax plan, stating “there is going to be another flood season, there is going to be another wildfire season, before we actually see a plan to tackle climate change.”

In 2018, media reported that “Kine

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