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Four years after the heat dome, does BC need an extreme heat czar?

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At least 619 people died in the heat dome that broiled British Columbia four years ago .

There is widespread recognition from municipalities, the provincial and federal governments that protecting people from extreme heat is crucial as climate change makes heat waves more common and severe.

Some experts say it’s time to recognize the right to cool.

The city of Vancouver is proactively responding to extreme heat.

BC Hydro was offering free air conditioning units to lower-income people, but has exhausted its funding.

Vancouver now requires new buildings to have cooling and air filtration.

University of British Columbia researcher: People have a “right to cool’s” The right to cool is a proposal outlined in a report.

Ontario , Quebec , Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces are expected to have the most “potentially deadly hot days annually” The Canadian Climate Institute says extreme heat will happen again.

“These aren't random misfortunes, they are evidence of what scientists have been talking about for decades . The climate is changing,” says climate expert.

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