Guest: Alex Ballingall, Ottawa based politics reporter joins to talk climate change in the election.

As wild fires burn in Western Canada, it seems like a day does not go by without further news about the climate crisis and the worsening shape of the planet, and the real consequences we are already seeing. Many experts are saying that changes need to be made immediately to tackle the problem, and in this election all the parties have released their platforms to how they would do that. We take a look at the plans and discuss how the issue of climate change has been in a factor in the election so far.

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