"As scientists produce ever more evidence
that climate change is disrupting the atmosphere, causing more floods,
droughts, storm surges, wildfires, landslides, extreme cold snaps and
deadly heat waves, Canada’s financiers are beginning to sound the alarm. ...
"What [the Toronto Dominion Bank's report entitled Natural Catastrophes: A Canadian Perspective] aims to do is
persuade policy-makers, business leaders and individuals in Canada to
mitigate the impact of the climate upheavals that are already happening
or foreseeable.
"Most of the provinces
are already taking steps to limit the damage. Oil companies, automakers
and homebuilders, likewise, are making adjustments. Only the federal
government refuses to deviate from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s
full-steam-ahead approach to energy development.
Natural catastrophes mount while Harper shrugs: Goar | Toronto Star
