The Evan Bray Show - Glenn McGillivray - July 22nd, 2025

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Wildfire-filled summers have become our new normal, but is there a better way we can communicate issues regarding the smoke that comes with it? Glenn McGillivray, managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and adjunct professor of disaster and emergency management at York University, thinks so. He joins Evan to discuss if Canadians are being misled about the true risk of wildfire smoke and how governments and public health agencies can reduce public confusion with our new normal.
22 Jul 2025 12PM English Canada News Commentary

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