In an opinion piece published in the Toronto Star, Thomas Homer-Dixon highlights the inharmonious relationship between climate change and Canada’s tar sands/oil sands. “The brutal math of climate change confronts that myth, and that’s why in Canada this math is taboo.” This taboo is proven when NDP candidate Linda McQuaig (link) said “a lot of the oilsands oil may have to stay in the ground,” inciting uproar. “According to the International Energy Agency, staying within this budget requires more than half of fossil fuel reserves to remain unburned.” Homer-Dixon says in a world increasingly worried about climate change and “as global markets for oil shrink, the highest-cost highest-carbon oil will be left in the ground first—and that’s our oil. This will make the current oil downturn look like a walk in the park.”