'A crisis of unparalleled magnitude': How environmental concerns did — and didn't — shape the 1988 election
Acid rain. PCBs. Cleaning up the Great Lakes. In '88, the major parties in Canada were talking about protecting the environment. But critics said they'd never walk the walk.
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