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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Judge says Ontario’s weak climate plans increase risk of death for the young

People arriving on Parliament Hill chant as they participate in a global climate strike in Ottawa, Ontario, on 23 September 2022.
People arriving on Parliament Hill chant as they participate in a global climate strike in Ottawa, Ontario, on 23 September 2022. Photograph: Justin Tang/AP

A judge has warned that Ontario’s weak climate plans will “increase the risk of death” for Canada’s young people – but dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group worried that government inaction on global heating threatens their futures.

Justice Marie-Andrée Vermette of Ontario superior court issued a decision on Tuesday that found that while both young people and Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change, government failures to react were not a breach of their rights.

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