THE NATIONAL OBSERVER “When I first read about the possibility of a multibillion-dollar bailout of the oil and gas sector by the federal and Alberta governments, I was exhausted.”
« Lorsque j’ai lu pour la première fois sur la possibilité d’un renflouement de plusieurs milliards de dollars du secteur pétrolier et gazier par les gouvernements fédéral et albertain, j’étais épuisé.
J’étais épuisé par des journées de travail aux urgences, des exercices d’équipement de protection individuelle, un comptage obsessionnel des ventilateurs et la façon d’encourager les Canadiens à avoir des conversations courageuses autour des soins de fin de vie. J’étais trop épuisé pour même penser à répondre.
“Dr. Courtney Howard, a physician, professor, and the president of the Canadian Association of the Environment, told Scary Mommy that a range of climate change factors are impacting our children, including wildfires and tick-borne diseases. These have both made the news many times over the past several years, including wildfires in California and the scary truths about living with Lyme disease.”
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“This month we are featuring in our eco-maven section an inspiring and fearless ER doctor from Canada, Dr. Courtney Howard, who is not only at the frontline attending patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and took the time to answer our questions, but she has also found time in her life to advocate for planetary health, and even lead the Lancet Countdown report – in the Canadian Policy brief- with recommendations for a healthy response to climate change. “
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