Meghan Fandrich: As a Lytton fire survivor and parent, I'm going to Ottawa to remind politicians why Canada needs an emissions cap

My daughter Helen had just turned five when the fire hit Lytton. She was away from home for a few days, escaping the heat dome that turned fir needles red on the branch. She didn’t have to run from the flames like I did, or like her friend Mimi did, eyes wide with five-year-old fear, small hand holding her mom’s as they ran. I saw Mimi and her mom on the sidewalk outside my café for a brief moment. The air was heavy, black, filled with fist-sized embers as the shimmering fire