The policy of our government is to go further. It is clear though that certain elements are vital. We need to remove market barriers to energy efficient practices and to redirect those policies that currently encourage greenhouse gas emissions. We need to put in place energy efficient, market-based measures on the broadest basis possible. We need agreement on consistency in building codes for energy efficiency and as much uniformity as possible on energy codes for homes.
Governments simply have to put in place comprehensive retrofit plans for our buildings.
We need to get people out of cars in urban areas and into public transit and we need more fuel efficient vehicles. We need integrated planning for our resource and utility sectors. We need to put in place the devices and the technology to avoid energy loss either upstream or downstream in the energy sector. We need to increase the number and percentage of renewable energy sources such as solar, photovoltaic systems, wind and bio-fuel. We need to enhance the capacity of our forests and our soils to better store carbon.