As Canada continues to grow and export levels increase, pollution continues to rise at a rapid rate. According to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) numbers Canada is the ninth worst emitter of carbon dioxide on a GDP basis. By 2004 Canada’s GDP had risen a remarkable 45%, with population rising at a 15% rate by that same year, emissions had risen a staggering 27%. John Bennett an adviser with the Sierra Club claimed that one of the reasons for this increase is due to a surge in the carbon energy exports and also a lack of political will to cut emissions
The lack of will to cut emissions could prove costly, maybe not in the shot run but the burden could that of the generation and with the global climate showing all kinds of radical behavior, it might be too late. Canada should try and invest in alternate sources of energy as carbon energy which is not renewable may in the long run have an adverse impact on their GDP. Although the Kyoto became law in 2005 and with its inefficiencies, Canada should try and participate in alternate clean act agreements to help curb emissions.
