This is also not completely accurate. Yes, we are a large and a still mostly cold country so we use more energy for heating and transportation than others. But when you compare individual electricity, natural gas, gasoline, and water consumption per person in Canada to other countries, we are complete pigs. Canadians water their driveways during droughts; they drive everywhere; they waste fuel and energy every single day. Many of the lowest hanging fruit in terms of emissions reductions could be solved through far stricter national, provincial, and municipal building codes. And don't get me started on the lack of investment -- at every gov't level -- on public transit.
This is also not completely accurate. Yes, we are a large and a still mostly cold country so we use more energy for heating and transportation than others. But when you compare individual electricity, natural gas, gasoline, and water consumption per person in Canada to other countries, we are complete pigs. Canadians water their driveways during droughts; they drive everywhere; they waste fuel and energy every single day. Many of the lowest hanging fruit in terms of emissions reductions could be solved through far stricter national, provincial, and municipal building codes. And don't get me started on the lack of investment -- at every gov't level -- on public transit.