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Changing Seasons: How Climate Change is Reshaping Canada's Identity
Montreal, Canada - A recent video by local commentator Mathieu Murphy-Perron has ignited discussion on Canada's evolving climate identity, challenging the long-standing national narrative centered on severe winters. Murphy-Perron argues that the traditional perception of Canada as a country defined by eight months of harsh winter is increasingly outdated, given the rise of extreme summer heatwaves and wildfires. "When we talk about improving cycling infrastructure across cities in Canada, we are often greeted with the response that we live in a northern country where it's winter eight months out of the year," Murphy-Perron states in the video. "Summer is what we need to be worried about, because it is so much harder to bike in this heat than it is on the average cold, winter Montréal day." He contends that this shift in weather patterns, with summers becoming progressively hotter, demands a new collective narrative that acknowledges climate disruption and chaos. "Climate change is also changing the story," he asserts, urging Canadians to recognize that the weather patterns of today are vastly different from those experienced by previous generations, impacting everything from daily life to urban planning.
