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The media is blaming immigrants for the housing crisis. They're wrong (breachmedia.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by mooniyaw to c/canadapolitics

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Some folks on here have been repeating this garbage as well

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[–] Dearche 1 points 2 years ago

I was talking about how our electricity generation isn't that bad: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248155/electricity-generation-in-canada-by-type/ Admittedly I was wrong about how high wind was, but for this one metric, the numbers aren't that bad. The issue is that most of the fossil fuel is used in heating, which is different from electricity generation, and is difficult to deal with because it's completely decentralized. On the other hand, it's not nearly as bad as other places, as proper subsidies on heat pumps nation wide.

Canada is definitely at the top of energy usage per capita, but that's not a problem as long as that energy source is from somewhere that isn't polluting. We're not there yet, but the solution isn't difficult. Hell, there isn't even any sort of public pushback against the sort of change that is needed, unlike in Germany or something.