What is being done to improve air quality in Canada?
Governments, industry, communities and individual Canadians are working together on a number of initiatives to control air pollution. One of these initiatives is the development of Canada-Wide Standards for particulate matter and ground-level ozone. These Standards adopted in June 2000 have target dates and implementation plans agreed to by all governments in Canada, and should help to reduce the levels of air pollution to which Canadians are exposed. In addition, the federal government recently announced additional measures for reducing cross-border transport of pollutants under provisions of the Canada/US Air Quality Accord. A new regulation on sulphur in gasoline has also recently been introduced, which will provide significant improvements in air quality with resultant health benefits for all Canadians. The federal government is also presently conducting risk assessments for alternate additives and fuels to determine the benefits that might be realized. Other measures to reduce the
