Quebec environmental group wants people to purchase smaller cars
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Équiterre has started a public awareness campaign in Montreal called 'No SUV for me' hoping people will think twice before buying a larger vehicle that creates higher emissions.
A new debate has hit the roads of Montreal and it all has to do with consumer demand and car choices fuelling climate change.
The environmental group Équiterre wants people to purchase smaller cars instead of SUVs arguing that larger vehicles are bigger polluters, emitting 20 per cent more greenhouse gas emissions than smaller cars.
”In Quebec, they are the main cause of the increase in greenhouse gas emissions since 2015,” Andréanne Brazeau, Équiterr mobility analyst, told Global News.
The organization has started a public awareness campaign called ”No SUV for me” hoping to steer potential buyers away from larger cars.
”The idea of the campaign is really to take the time to assess your needs,” she said.
Three out of every four cars sold in Canada were SUVs, minivans or trucks in 2021 according to Statistics Canada.
”We won’t fool anybody. An SUV is more practical than a car or a regular sedan with a separate trunk,” Jesse Caron, an automotive expert at CAA-Québec told Global News.
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