Do you have any contacts with architectural firms or architects who could build these buildings and try to sell their ideas to large cities? In my riding, the largest city has 6,700 inhabitants. There is a small farm community of 112 inhabitants. So, when you talk about energy efficiency, it is as if you were telling me that we should close all those small communities. Thinking about energy density and of closing small communities—according to me—you are going to increase urban sprawl, which means higher energy use, more water use and more transportation. That is not the solution. That is why one has to be careful when referring to the density of our communities. It is a very special situation.
On February 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.