Canada’s air quality is among the best in the world
Canadians can breathe easy – our air quality is among the world’s best.
According to a recent Fraser Institute study, Canada ranks ninth out of the 33 richest and cleanest countries on the planet for overall air quality. Despite misinformed claims by activists, and previous reports from other organizations, Canada’s air quality is something all Canadians can celebrate.
Reports from the Conference Board of Canada and the David Suzuki Foundation used flawed methods that ranked Canada near the bottom among Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) countries for air quality.
Such a result, if true, would be of great concern for all Canadians since clean air is a goal all Canadians should agree on. However, a closer look finds that these reports are deeply flawed. For example, they evaluate air quality by simply measuring emissions per person to add up all the emissions in each country and then adjust by population size.