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Canada leads environmental protection
Canadian communities are taking the lead in promoting environmental awareness. Initiatives such as low-flow toilets and shower heads are mandatory in new homes in Okotoks, Alberta and a Toronto city councillor is trying to ban leaf blowers.
From pesticide and anti-idling bylaws to taxing parking lots to pay for public transit, municipalities across Canada are taking the environmental lead amid growing public concern over global warming.
While the federal government dithers on the country's climate-change strategy, the City of Toronto has pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by six per cent in five years, 30 per cent in the next 13 years and 80 per cent by 2050.
In one of the most radical measures, the town of Okotoks, 18 kilometres south of Calgary, is one of the first communities in the world to limit its population and boundaries based on what the surrounding environment can sustain.
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