Let's make a deal: win-win climate change policy.

• Date: 01 August 2019
• Author: Robinson, David

There are 18 million Canadians over 40 and 18 million under 40. They live in different worlds. Whether they know it or not, they are slipping into an economic war.

If you are over 40, you are safe --global warming is not likely to hurt you too much. Your camp may burn up, your basement may flood, and the heat waves will be brutal. But 30 years from now--in 2049--you will be dead or in an old age home.

You will miss the worst effects of the climate catastrophe. You have no stake in the second half of the 21st century. And you dominate Canada's government.

If you are under 40, you are going to spend your life with a growing sense of doom. You will be trying to make a living in the second half of the 21st century. Your next 15 years will see a swelling catalogue of floods, fires and deaths.

You may suffer from ecological grief or pre-traumatic stress syndrome. You may decide that you can't bring children...