I've always been a car guy. Years ago I restored the one in my avatar and still have it. Cars are a necessity where I live and except for major cities, they always will be. A country this size just doesn't have the population to justify transit everywhere. The latest estimate for California's high speed rail project is $105 Billion USD and that is a state half the area of BC with the same population as Canada. That said, I don't like driving in Vancouver and will take Skytrain from a Surrey park and ride unless I actually need to take a car for some reason.
73.7% of Canadians live in urban centres.