First Nations Are on the Front Lines of Canada’s Climate-Fueled Wildfires

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The climate crisis has arrived and Indigenous communities are disproportionately facing its impacts.

In Washington, bluer skies could be seen Friday. An improvement in air quality compared to Wednesday and Thursday, but a haze still sits over the mid-Atlantic.

Trudeau held a press conference on Wednesday with all ministers who lead the government’s response to the national emergency, including ministers of National Defense, Emergency Preparedness and Indigenous Services. An unusually dry and warm period in Canada has sparked a threatening wildfire season. Some fear it’s only getting started. More than 400 blazes burned Thursday, with nearly half in the Quebec area, according to the Associated Press.

“Chief Martel K’atl’odeeche First Nation toured her devastated community with critical infrastructure, housing, administrative offices that have been lost and had to break the news to the families that were evacuated that everything that they loved was gone overnight,” said Minister Hadju. “We’ve seen chiefs and councils and Indigenous first responders rolling up their sleeves and working diligently to try to protect communities.

 

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