Today, Winnipeg community members are again reminded that despite what big oil and their partners in parliament want, we literally cannot ignore the climate crisis.
On Thursday, October 30th, 2025, MP Leah Gazan released the following statement:
Leah Gazan Statement on High-Risk Air Quality in Winnipeg
Leah Gazan Statement on High-Risk Air Quality in Winnipeg
Extreme air quality conditions have become the new normal, jeopardizing the health and wellbeing of countless community members. In the past year, one in four people’s health has been directly impacted by extreme weather events in Canada. But if we try to forget what’s causing this extreme weather, we can only expect much worse in the future.
It’s so deeply saddening to hear from some people that they’ve accepted our planet will burn, and that the future of humanity is a bleak one. But I don’t blame people for this attitude, since so many leaders across the country have fallen in line behind oil pipelines and resource extraction projects that are driving the escalating climate emergency.
That goes for the Liberal government whose first order of business was a power grab through Bill C-5 to exempt oil and gas and resource extraction projects from environmental protections, in violation of the government’s constitutional obligation to consult Indigenous rights holders – many of whom have been worst impacted in recent wildfires.
None of these projects can be justified by increased affordability when extreme weather events and rising temperatures will destroy property and public infrastructure, displace individuals and families, and make food harder to grow. The only people they benefit are the elites with enough money and power to shield themselves from these consequences.
We can’t accept leaders whose only appeal is being better than the far-right wing alternative, especially when so many are moving further to the right with every passing election. We need leaders who take this climate emergency seriously and can inspire us all to work towards a real, sustainable future that benefits everyone, not just a select few.
My heart goes out to all wildfire evacuees and people suffering from respiratory ailments or other health conditions who are endangered by high-risk air quality, and I promise to fight to ensure we all enjoy the right to a clean, healthy environment.
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