The falling loonie has internet advocacy group OpenMedia up in arms over cellphone bill hikes - but that is just the tip of a rather expensive iceberg.
China's Paris target with both slash greenhouse gas emissions and save scores of lives every year as pollution rates fall - while Canada is doing better than many people think.
"Nobody's going to start to shut down their industries or turn off the lights. We simply got to find a way to create lower-carbon emitting sources of energy," says Harper.