Air Pollution: Air Quality and Law Professors

air pollution: As law professors who have studied the regulation of toxic chemicals in Canada for many years, we urge Parliament to embrace these recommendations as a once-in-a-generation would make the Canadian Environmental Protection Act CEPA more effective in preventing pollution and protecting all Canadians from the risks posed by toxins in the environment, according to National Observer. As it stands, air pollution kills 7,000 Canadians every year, but Canada is the only wealthy industrialized national that lacks enforceable national standards for air quality. But there are enormous implications for the health of Canadians living today, and in the future, contained in the reforms recommended in the majority report released last week by the Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Therefore, we strongly support proposals on enforceable national standards for air and water quality, stricter timelines, and better enforcement mechanisms. According to a national pollution inventory, large polluters discharge millions of kilograms of toxic substances into the Canadian environment annually, yet the Toronto Public Library collects more fines for overdue books each year than the federal government collected from polluters over the first 25 years that CEPA was in force. What people are reading Facing spending attacks, federal minister Catherine McKenna doubles down on 'social infrastructure' aims Bloc leader tries to define systemic racism on his ownBDC ready now with 60 million in loans for cash-strapped mid-sized companies Reversing the burden of proof One such proposal is the creation of new enforcement tools and an increased budget to make sure that polluters pay, not the public. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.