What Canada can learn from the devastating wildfires in California

What Canada can learn from the devastating wildfires in California

The wildfires in California illustrate the dangers and real-life consequences of replacing risk reduction with over-regulation.

Learning the Right Lessons from L.A.’s Devastating Wildfires

Reactionary policies and misplaced priorities have shaped forest management for too long, often compounding the problem.

Lessons from the California fires

I hate the cold. I’d always thought there was no extent of heat I wouldn’t trade for the chill of a Toronto winter (cue ominous music). This January brought the chance to do just that: a month guest-teaching in sunny Los Angeles. The first few days were as lovely as I hoped – and then the smoke appeared on the horizon. I am fine. The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles stayed miles from my neighbourhood; I was never forced to evacuate. Apart from…