Canadian youth pledge not to have children
until politicians act on climate change
Posted By: NorthernDog, 9/17/2019 8:31:46 AM
Emma-Jane Burian is 17 years old and has already decided she is not having kids. The Victoria teen is participating in Climate Strike Canada's "No Future, No Children" campaign which asks young people to pledge that they will not have children until they are sure that the federal government is taking action on climate change. The campaign launched Monday, with 190 people having pledged as of noon PT. "It's an expression of fear, but it's also a plea for action," Burian told The Early Edition in a phone interview, adding she took the pledge out of hope that Canadian political
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In the meantime, in places like Nigeria and Bangladesh, they have kids by the dozen.