“Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.” – Jacques Cousteau

"It is traditional to think of Canada as a land of wide open spaces, sparsely populated and under developed. In fact, our ecological footprint analysis illustrates that on a global basis every square metre of land and water is already fully committed to either the direct or indirect sustenance of the present world population and its demands for energy and materials." - M. Healey, UBC 1997