“Canada faces a grim future of unaffordable housing, substandard health care [...] That is a recipe for economic decline, if not political bedlam.“​ - Konrad Yakabuski

The choice of whether to continue the total commitment to the pursuit of growth or to change and embark on the long term journey to sustainability is something on which all levels of government must be clear.

An honest constructive dialog around immigration is today as important as it is difficult.

Latitude and climate have a huge impact on the ability of a country to transition to renewable energy. In most cases, the energy density, low cost and storage characteristics of fossil fuels have resulted in large populations being established in regions of extreme climate where previously just handfuls of people lived off the land.

The author, who works within the immigrant settlement process, presents an up-close and personal view of the housing and employment issues plaguing new arrivals. These are the same issues with the same causes destroying the lives of many Canadians but Queiruga goes into the kind of detail only a front-line worker can provide from the immigrant perspective.

It is important to understand how eco-footprinting is structured and should be used.