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elizabethtudors:

okay guys I know I’ve been posting about this a lot but it is really fucking important.  Right now, HALF OF CANADA IS ON FIRE.

Yes, forest fires happen every year but right now the amount of fires we are experiencing right now is more the total amount of forest fires from last year. 13 000+ people have been evacuated from their homes.  Smoke is being blown across the country as far as Nova Scotia (which is on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY) and into the United States.  Our prime minster Stephen Harper hasn’t said anything about it.  CBC (our national news outlet) has been largely silent about the fires outside of British Columbia because a lot of the Saskatchewan fires have largely impacted the First Nations communities there.  We are literally training the Canadian army to fight fire because we have run out of resources as well as calling in international help.  We are taking the money to fight the fires from other budgets because our forest fire budget has been spent (here).  Also our current government is planning on cutting the emergency fund to “balance the budget” which will only make things worse in years to come (because climate change is what’s causing these fires in the first place).

If you have the resources, please donate to the Canadian Red Cross.  Even if you can’t donate, please reblog this and other posts.  Please don’t let this get swept under the rug.  Stay informed and remember this when certain parties ask for your vote this October.