The British Columbia election is this Saturday. The Conservatives and the NDP are neck and neck in the polls, but voters haven’t heard much about climate action during the election campaign despite being pummelled by forest fires, floods and heat domes in recent years.

Today in The Conversation Canada, Kathryn Harrison of the University of British Columbia delves into the climate policy positions of the three major parties — the aforementioned Tories and NDP along with the Green Party. And she finds fundamental differences among all three on almost every climate-related policy.

She writes that progress on climate in B.C. can only be made by strengthening climate policies, something both the NDP and Greens are committing to do.

“In contrast, the Conservatives promise to repeal current climate policies and halt development of others … emissions would increase rather than decline under that strategy,” Harrison says.

All the best.

Also today:

• How the invasive spiny water flea spread across Canada, and what we can do about it
• Canada’s medical cannabis system changed but didn’t disappear after recreational legalization
• Canada’s agricultural policies are falling short of health and sustainability goals
• Donald Trump’s attack on overseas voters is erroneous and dangerous