Is Justin Trudeau right to blame Canadian wildfires on climate change?

Planes grounded in New York, people told to stay indoors – and an actress forced to leave the stage on Broadway because of the smoke. Canada is ‘on fire’ and New York is choking from the drifting smoke – and it is all the result of man-made climate change. We know this because Justin Trudeau and other have told us so. 

‘We’re seeing more and more of these fires because of climate change,’ tweeted Trudeau this week, ‘We’ll keep working – here at home and with partners around the world – to tackle climate change and address its impacts.’ 

US vice president Kamala Harris added her ha’porth of wisdom of wisdom by tweeting: ‘Millions of people are experiencing dangerous air quality due to wildfires across Canada, which are intensifying because of the climate crisis.’

Just the one problem. As is so often the case when it comes to extreme weather, the real world data doesn’t support the catastrophist narrative. Trudeau