A helicopter works on the Dryden Creek Wildfire, just north of Squamish, B.C. in June, 2025.Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press

Jonah Bryson served in President Joe Biden’s administration as press secretary for the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps). He currently advises organizations and leaders working in progressive politics, civil rights and science advocacy.

Being raised in Canada taught me two enduring lessons: To care for the environment, and to contribute meaningfully to public life.

That’s why in 2023, when an unexpected call from the White House came in, I stepped forward. I was appointed by president Joe Biden, and within months began work on the historic American Climate Corps program.

In his first budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney has proposed a similar climate corps for Canada – a bold, consequential, nation-building program with deep roots and a rich legacy dating back nearly 100 years. This is exactly the kind of generational investment that young people need.

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The late 1920s ushered in the Great Depression, an era of immense economic hardship around the world. In the United States, industrial production fell by 47 per cent while unemployment rose to an all-time high of 25 per cent........

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