{"id":49270,"date":"2021-07-20T12:15:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=49270"},"modified":"2021-12-06T06:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:22:48","slug":"dear-doug-ford-these-wildfires-are-an-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/49270\/dear-doug-ford-these-wildfires-are-an-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Doug Ford \u2014 these wildfires are an EMERGENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\/GPIDoc\/TR1\/b\/f\/3\/c\/GP0STQE13.jpg?d63616712859\" alt=\"GNF Animation Frame\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>The devastating wildfires scorching Ontario are an emergency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>And the First Nations leaders in Nishnawbe Aski Nation have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nan.ca\/news\/nan-calls-on-ontario-to-declare-state-of-emergency-as-fires-threaten-more-communities\/\">been calling<\/a> on Doug Ford to recognise that fact. They are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gcfiddler\/status\/1417175910218878979\">still waiting<\/a>, as we all are.<\/p>\n\n<p>Instead, we got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/thunder-bay\/emergency-order-forest-fires-1.6102187\">partial emergency<\/a>. This allows the province to impose travel restrictions, as well as other measures, within a specific area.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"tweet\">\n  .<span class=\"twitter-mention\">@FordNation<\/span>, while forests burn &amp; First Nations like <span class=\"twitter-mention\">@gcfiddler<\/span> take the lead, you still have your head in the sand.\n\nDeclare a full state of emergency to protect public health &amp; vulnerable communities! &gt;&gt; <span class=\"twitter-link\">https:\/\/act.gp\/3kzmb13<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-mention\">@GreenpeaceCA<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-hashtag\">#ONpoli<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-hashtag\">#Wildfires<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-hashtag\">#ClimateCrisis<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"click-to-tweet-btn\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=.%40FordNation%2C%20while%20forests%20burn%20%26%20First%20Nations%20like%20%40gcfiddler%20take%20the%20lead%2C%20you%20still%20have%20your%20head%20in%20the%20sand.%0A%0ADeclare%20a%20full%20state%20of%20emergency%20to%20protect%20public%20health%20%26%20vulnerable%20communities!%20%3E%3E%20https%3A%2F%2Fact.gp%2F3kzmb13%20%40GreenpeaceCA%20%23ONpoli%20%23Wildfires%20%23ClimateCrisis\">Tweet<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s be clear:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The forests are blazing out of control. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/thunder-bay\/forest-firefighter-northwestern-ontario-1.6107349\">Over 100 forest fires <\/a>were recorded by Sunday evening, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/thunder-bay\/forest-fires-northwestern-ontario-1.6108003\">at least two gigantic fires<\/a> over 100,000 hectares in size (each roughly double the size of Toronto).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/thunder-bay\/deer-lake-evacuation-1.6105443\">Indigenous communities<\/a> are being forced to evacuate to protect vulnerable members and their very lives.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The northern Ontario communities of Pikangikum First Nation, Deer Lake First Nation and the Poplar Hill First Nation have been evacuated because of out-of-control fires.<br><br>Ontario NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa took to social media this week to ask for help. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OGG4jdYlOD\">https:\/\/t.co\/OGG4jdYlOD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; APTN News (@APTNNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APTNNews\/status\/1417264168059691009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A political organization representing 49 northern Ontario First Nations is calling on the province to declare a state of emergency to enable a full response to support communities, including some being evacuated, threatened by dozens of forest fires. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QQ5KJvxdX\">https:\/\/t.co\/6QQ5KJvxdX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zVBk0Z7rp8\">pic.twitter.com\/zVBk0Z7rp8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CBC Indigenous (@CBCIndigenous) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBCIndigenous\/status\/1415430909369614341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ontario First Nations calling on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fordnation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fordnation<\/a>  to declare state of emergency to support communities facing fires. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P5NHMLRqlG\">https:\/\/t.co\/P5NHMLRqlG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; dr.murtonstoehr (@murtonstoehr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murtonstoehr\/status\/1417176512801935365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2021\/07\/19\/forest-fires-reduce-air-quality-across-southern-ontario.html\">air quality<\/a> right across the province has taken a nosedive following the smoke. This is deeply unfair to the most vulnerable amongst us and is deeply alarming, as we are fighting to survive a pandemic caused by a virus that attacks our respiratory systems.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SMOKE\/AIR QUALITY WARNING FROM FOREST FIRES BURNING in northern Ontario. Harmful air particles &amp; gases have moved over southern Ontario that are harmful to health \u2014 expect coughing, headaches, shortness of breath. Children, seniors, asthma &amp; lung disease sufferers esp. at risk. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oZ6t0TFhqo\">pic.twitter.com\/oZ6t0TFhqo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chronicle.Lance (@ChronicleLance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChronicleLance\/status\/1417466547958951940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Climate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Climate<\/a> change is in the air, Toronto.  <br>Air quality index has hit the &quot;unhealthy for everyone&quot; mark as particulate matter from northwestern Ontario fires fills the skies.  <br>Forests are being decimated.  Several First Nations are at risk. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateCrisis<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vKqOaMCijD\">https:\/\/t.co\/vKqOaMCijD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anne Keary (@AK4ClimateActi1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AK4ClimateActi1\/status\/1417212206320607233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>This is not a partial emergency!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Call it what you like \u2014 a climate emergency, a colonial emergency or a health emergency (hint, it\u2019s all three). But we insist it must be called an emergency now<\/p>\n\n<p>Click here to tell @FordNation to get his head out of the sand and listen to the First Nations in @NAN showing what leadership in an emergency looks like:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"tweet\">\n  .<span class=\"twitter-mention\">@FordNation<\/span>, while forests burn &amp; First Nations like <span class=\"twitter-mention\">@gcfiddler<\/span> take the lead, you still have your head in the sand.\n\nDeclare a full state of emergency to protect public health &amp; vulnerable communities! &gt;&gt; <span class=\"twitter-link\">https:\/\/act.gp\/3kzmb13<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-mention\">@GreenpeaceCA<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-hashtag\">#ONpoli<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-hashtag\">#Wildfires<\/span> <span class=\"twitter-hashtag\">#ClimateCrisis<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"click-to-tweet-btn\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=.%40FordNation%2C%20while%20forests%20burn%20%26%20First%20Nations%20like%20%40gcfiddler%20take%20the%20lead%2C%20you%20still%20have%20your%20head%20in%20the%20sand.%0A%0ADeclare%20a%20full%20state%20of%20emergency%20to%20protect%20public%20health%20%26%20vulnerable%20communities!%20%3E%3E%20https%3A%2F%2Fact.gp%2F3kzmb13%20%40GreenpeaceCA%20%23ONpoli%20%23Wildfires%20%23ClimateCrisis\">Tweet<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"EmptyMessage\">Block content is empty. 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