Canada Relies Very Heavily for Employment and for Its National

Essay

Canada relies very heavily for employment and for its national wealth on the export of cheap beef, chicken, pork, and grain, and export of energy in the form of oil, gas, coal, and electricity. Moreover, many jobs and the prosperity of many Canadian businesses depend on the housing boom. Agri-business, the energy industry and the housing boom all have enormous downsides in terms of sustainability and population health. Discuss some of those downsides and outline some ideas regarding how Canada could make population-health friendly changes in its core economic activities of agriculture, energy, and construction.