One year since they watched and re-watched a four minute security camera clip that showed the moment the McDougall Creek Wildfire engulfed their home.
It is the collective goal of the four women – Mackay, Diana Boston who lost her home in the 2021 Merritt floods, Meghan Fandrich, who was impacted wildfires in Lytton and Payton Moffat, whose home was damaged by floods – to humanize the issue of climate change. In Canada, the oil and gas sector is the largest single producer of greenhouse emissions, which are proven to be directly linked to an increase in global temperatures and climate change.
She said that some politicians were"really pandering to oil and gas," and were "aggressive" while others were receptive to the conversation and open to the potential for change.