# Canadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer... letter from Congress members **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673 "2025-07-09T21:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/1 "2025-07-09T21:31:16Z")
House representatives from Minnesota and Wisconsin have sent a letter to Canada’s US ambassador complaining that Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer… “We write to you today on behalf of our constituents who have had to deal with suffocating Canadian wildfire smoke filling the air to begin the summer,” begins the letter, published Monday and addressed to Ambassador Kirsten Hillman." Unbelievable. I have an easy answer for these Congress members…fuck you! [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-1.7580738](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-1.7580738) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/2 "2025-07-09T21:54:58Z")
That is literally the most American thing I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/3 "2025-07-09T21:58:24Z")
“Only we’re allowed to blow smoke up Americans’ asses!” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/4 "2025-07-09T22:07:34Z")
This is just payback for Canadians bitching about a hundred years of wholesome American acid rain. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/5 "2025-07-09T22:26:44Z")
> [@Latimera](#): > > House representatives from Minnesota and Wisconsin have sent a letter to Canada’s US ambassador complaining that Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer… And every one of them (I checked) is Republican. Motto: “Totally fact-free, and loving it!” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/6 "2025-07-09T23:01:53Z")
The Canadian Government’s official reply should be: “Smoke is freedom!” ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/7 "2025-07-10T00:20:08Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That is literally the most American thing I can think of. That is such a good observation…I might steal that! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/8 "2025-07-10T01:54:10Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That is literally the most American thing I can think of. No, that would be if we tried to charge a tariff on the smoke. ---
**Author:** ![UDS1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@UDS1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/9 "2025-07-10T01:58:26Z")
Can’t the US just build a big, beautiful wall to keep the smoke out? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/10 "2025-07-10T03:53:00Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The Canadian Government’s official reply should be: > “Smoke is freedom!” It should be some rather choice words followed by “And you can put that in your pipe and smoke it!” > [@UDS1](#): > > Can’t the US just build a big, beautiful wall to keep the smoke out? Maybe a windmill farm? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/11 "2025-07-10T04:51:00Z")
That’s not wildfire smoke, Canadians are burning beautiful “baby coal”. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/12 "2025-07-10T10:49:26Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The Canadian Government’s official reply should be: > “Smoke is freedom!” Pass a law that makes it illegal for Canadian smoke to leave the country. Then complain bitterly about how the criminal US government is aiding and abetting smoke to escape Canada, and demand that they secure their border to ensure none of our precious smoke sneaks into the US. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/13 "2025-07-10T16:05:00Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > That’s not wildfire smoke, Canadians are burning beautiful “baby coal”. This makes me think that Canada should accuse the Republicans of being woke tree-hugging ecoterrorists griping about climate change. See how they’d react to that accusation. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/14 "2025-07-10T18:19:47Z")
Oh look, crazy election denier Michelle Fischbach can write her own name. Or maybe it was an autopen! I don’t know the other reps, but as far as I’m concerned all those sardines go in the same can. ---
**Author:** ![Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slight_Off_Hand)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/15 "2025-07-10T18:37:52Z")
They should put a tariff on it. At least something Canadian is crossing the border. We will stop the smoke crossing when you stop the guns coming the other way. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/16 "2025-07-10T19:10:34Z")
> [@Latimera](#): > > House representatives from Minnesota and Wisconsin have sent a letter to Canada’s US ambassador complaining that Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer… Dear House reps from Minnesota and Wisconsin : So you are all insane after all. Every last one of you. I kinda figured that. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/17 "2025-07-10T21:04:39Z")
They’re just pissed because they can’t charge a tariff on the imported smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/18 "2025-07-10T21:06:28Z")
Dang, someone should make a tariff joke in this thread, this is just asking for it. 😐 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/19 "2025-07-10T22:48:38Z")
Put Noem on it. I’d dearly love to see her to spend months chasing smoke around the upper states with a a black garbage bag. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673/20 "2025-07-10T23:19:23Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Put Noem on it. What’s she going to do? Shoot the smoke like her dog? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-letter-from-congress-members/1020673.md?page=2)