Review of "toxic" within the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Submission to the House of Commons Environment Committee

September 26, 2006
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Mark S. Winfield
Former Director, Environmental Governance
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This review submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment concludes that greenhouse gas emissions meet the definition of toxic substances provided in s.64 of CEPA 1999.

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Mark S. Winfield
Former Director, Environmental Governance

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