An article published today at The Hill typifies the legacy media’s habit of knee-jerking to adopt the preferred narratives of the climate alarm religion.
Of course there is no mention of the premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, who is by far the biggest moron in Canada and runs the province of Ontario. Meanwhile it has one of the largest continuous masses of forest in the world covering 174 million acres. So, what is he doing to help curb ongoing wildfires? He cuts $42 million for the wilderness firefighting budget and was gung ho in 2021 when Trudeau promises to budget $450M for new water bombers and 1,000 fire fires and millions in more to provinces for production of additional water bombers.
So, that was 5 years ago, so how did it go? Oh, it's instead, the "Let er burn policy"! So, Ford is now in front of the cameras telling America to step up and head to Ontario now!
Sure, and in October, 2025, Ford threatened to cut off electricity to the East Coast, and ran a 1988 edited version of an audio of Regan denouncing protectionism and criticizing Trump. And he does this during the World Series and while SCOTUS is in oral arguments on Trump's authority on tariffs. This guy has booed at our National Anthem, and tells Canadians not to travel to the U.S. and once again got on television to pour American whiskey down the drain as Canada bans American liquors.
So, sure, let's just jump to the rescue and go get our water bombers and assist this jerk? I think NOT!
"Recent Canadian smoke events highlight the need for practical cooperation and accountability, not more sermons about too much plant food in the atmosphere."
But practical cooperation doesn't come when the US president takes actions in contravention of an existing treaty. Canada has made numerous concessions. It has only resorted to counter-tariffs in response to US actions. Trump has no concept of practical cooperation. He's always out there blaming others and acting capriciously. He can't stand the fact that Mark Carney is a popular leader globally. It's policy by pique not coherence.
As usual, David, we agree. Another point i would make to my American friends is that the argument for blaming Canada rests on a false premise, namely, the notion that we could somehow stop these fires by better managing our forests. We can’t. This is largely wilderness. 90% of Canadians live near the 49th parallel.We can do more to thin undergrowth around places where people live, and should have more controlled burns, but even if we spent enormous resources we would be successful only at the margins.
The Hill is in the same boat as the WSJ. Both are in the tank for liberal agendas. Perhaps we should feed the Canadian smoke into their tank and out a lid on it.
It’s been happening in the northern tier states for as long as I can remember. Fires are part of the natural environment, an inconvenient event but part of the vast forests in Canada. I voted for Trump 3 times, but sometimes he just needs to be quiet. He could use this quiet time to find a solution to the War in Iran, or how to spend less than we collect as a country.
Looking over Ford’s bio on Wikipedia, he appears to be another “finger in the wind” politician with few core values. Supposedly “conservative” while he was Toronto mayor, but steadily moving liberal since elected as Ontario’s premier. His dad made the money, so “Ford Jr.” has characteristics of being a nepo-baby. Perhaps he just likes a “good fight” to occupy his time (??).
Can Canada show how much they are doing for forest management? President Trump is not an unreasonable or stupid person. Nobody likes to be in thick smoke for days on end, but if Canada can show that they are actively applying forest management, for their own protection and safety, I believe this talk would go away.
"Roughly two-thirds of the hectares that generate the smoke over Michigan come from fires Canadian agencies assessed and then chose to leave largely alone.
Part of the reasoning is ecological and sound. Suppressing every fire in a forest built to burn produces worse fires later, and nobody patrols three million square kilometres."
We simply have vast tracts of wilderness which, while lovely, come with a few pitfalls; periodic burns being one. It's cyclical.
I would expect nothing less from The Hill. It moves further to the left week by week.
Of course there is no mention of the premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, who is by far the biggest moron in Canada and runs the province of Ontario. Meanwhile it has one of the largest continuous masses of forest in the world covering 174 million acres. So, what is he doing to help curb ongoing wildfires? He cuts $42 million for the wilderness firefighting budget and was gung ho in 2021 when Trudeau promises to budget $450M for new water bombers and 1,000 fire fires and millions in more to provinces for production of additional water bombers.
So, that was 5 years ago, so how did it go? Oh, it's instead, the "Let er burn policy"! So, Ford is now in front of the cameras telling America to step up and head to Ontario now!
Sure, and in October, 2025, Ford threatened to cut off electricity to the East Coast, and ran a 1988 edited version of an audio of Regan denouncing protectionism and criticizing Trump. And he does this during the World Series and while SCOTUS is in oral arguments on Trump's authority on tariffs. This guy has booed at our National Anthem, and tells Canadians not to travel to the U.S. and once again got on television to pour American whiskey down the drain as Canada bans American liquors.
So, sure, let's just jump to the rescue and go get our water bombers and assist this jerk? I think NOT!
"Recent Canadian smoke events highlight the need for practical cooperation and accountability, not more sermons about too much plant food in the atmosphere."
But practical cooperation doesn't come when the US president takes actions in contravention of an existing treaty. Canada has made numerous concessions. It has only resorted to counter-tariffs in response to US actions. Trump has no concept of practical cooperation. He's always out there blaming others and acting capriciously. He can't stand the fact that Mark Carney is a popular leader globally. It's policy by pique not coherence.
I think that's a valid argument. The Hill's diversion to alarmist fantasies is not.
As usual, David, we agree. Another point i would make to my American friends is that the argument for blaming Canada rests on a false premise, namely, the notion that we could somehow stop these fires by better managing our forests. We can’t. This is largely wilderness. 90% of Canadians live near the 49th parallel.We can do more to thin undergrowth around places where people live, and should have more controlled burns, but even if we spent enormous resources we would be successful only at the margins.
The Hill is in the same boat as the WSJ. Both are in the tank for liberal agendas. Perhaps we should feed the Canadian smoke into their tank and out a lid on it.
It’s been happening in the northern tier states for as long as I can remember. Fires are part of the natural environment, an inconvenient event but part of the vast forests in Canada. I voted for Trump 3 times, but sometimes he just needs to be quiet. He could use this quiet time to find a solution to the War in Iran, or how to spend less than we collect as a country.
Totally agree.
Looking over Ford’s bio on Wikipedia, he appears to be another “finger in the wind” politician with few core values. Supposedly “conservative” while he was Toronto mayor, but steadily moving liberal since elected as Ontario’s premier. His dad made the money, so “Ford Jr.” has characteristics of being a nepo-baby. Perhaps he just likes a “good fight” to occupy his time (??).
Can Canada show how much they are doing for forest management? President Trump is not an unreasonable or stupid person. Nobody likes to be in thick smoke for days on end, but if Canada can show that they are actively applying forest management, for their own protection and safety, I believe this talk would go away.
As always, your President is not entirely wrong. Canada has chosen to spend next to nothing on combatting fires.
If you have time / inclination to read a rather lengthy assessment from an exceptionally solid researcher (not a climate nut job, I promise), https://mnghaultain.substack.com/p/empty-promises-five-fire-seasons?r=249yjv&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web, he includes such observations as the following:
"Roughly two-thirds of the hectares that generate the smoke over Michigan come from fires Canadian agencies assessed and then chose to leave largely alone.
Part of the reasoning is ecological and sound. Suppressing every fire in a forest built to burn produces worse fires later, and nobody patrols three million square kilometres."
We simply have vast tracts of wilderness which, while lovely, come with a few pitfalls; periodic burns being one. It's cyclical.
I will file this particular piece of tiresome Hill dribble under the category of the least surprising thing I’ve read all week.