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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
Do you really want to lay this sort of burden on your taxpayers during an extremely anemic economic recovery?
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Our recovery isn't anemic. Actually, the central bank is considering raising rates (the first amongst the G8) to keep inflation and economic growth in check, and this could happen as soon as June 1st.
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Even if Canada manages to reduce their emissions, the population of Canada is too small to have any real effect on World levels. I don't mean that as a slight, it's just simple mathematics.
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As an industrialized nation with a vast geographic area and relatively sparse population, we have emissions levels disproportionate to much of the rest of the world. The ecological footprint of the average Canadian is well above the global average.
And I'm of the opinion that it's more about doing your part, rather than seeing what your overall impact is. Not even the U.S. can fix the world's problems on its own. Not by a long shot. It could barely make a dent.