I was indeed gonna remark that people seem to have forgotten who made attacking science and scientists that don’t fit the party narrative acceptable again in the first place…this is a page Trump took out of Harper’s playbook, not the other way around.

I live in an area that has lots of heli skiing, and while your general assessment of it being a rich person’s hobby is correct, this late in the season is generally locals that saved for a trip for the whole year and now get to book with heavy rebates.

While I’m not saying that’s the case here, I’d still err on the side of sympathy.

[Edit] Turns out the founder of Dinosaurs will Die was killed in that avalanche (source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tributes-3-heli-skiers-killed-avalanche-1.7493921). Rest in peace Jeff, and ride on in the afterlife.