Barnes: To help save the climate, elect a greener Ottawa City Council

The irony was unmistakable. Just two days after a sweltering Canada Day, reported by the Ottawa Citizen as having the highest humidex level ever recorded in Ottawa, Doug Ford pulled the plug on cap-and-trade, a critical component of the province’s plan to take action on climate change.
The province’s move caps off a brutal month for climate action in Ottawa.
On June 19, Ottawans woke up to some bad news. Ford had just gutted the GreenON program, the province’s program for helpi