Help Clean Up Canada’s Act (Clean Air Act) « It’s Getting Hot In Here

OK so you’ve heard about how Canada’s Clean Air Act is lacking serious teeth. What are you going to do about it?? Right now the Act is now going to a special parliamentary committee made up of various parties that will greatly improve it. But it is also important for us to get involved in the process!

Oh Canada! The government goest through a 60-day Notice of Intent process that allows the public (that’s us!) to give comments. The DEADLINE is December 21, 2006.

You can mail these comments directly to Minister Rona Ambrose at:

Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
10 Wellington St., 28^th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3

Tel.: (819) 997-1441 (Use to follow up on your letter!)
Fax: (819) 953-3457 (If you don’t have time to send a letter - Don’t email!! Hard copy is important. Letter via mail is best.)

There is also a website by the Climate Action Network of Canada that has thorough background info.

Read the Full Text of the Clean Air Act here, from Environment Canada.

About Zoë

Zoë is the co-author of ''Global Warming for Dummies", written with Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada. She sits on the Board of Directors of Sierra Club Canada and is the Partnership and Project Manager for the Zerofootprint group. Zoë has been named among the "Top 30 Under 30" to watch in Halifax and was a founding member of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. She has just returned from the Students On Ice International Polar Year Expedition to Antarctica.

1 Response to “Help Clean Up Canada’s Act (Clean Air Act)”

Feed for this Entry Trackback Address

1 Denis LeBel Jan 19th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

Hi,

I was watching CBC news today, Jan, 18 2007 and they announced that the Conservative Government is addressing an assembled committee to review and possibly re-write the Clean Air Act. Now, im not into politics, but im certainly involved in the environment and forestry and hearing this today was the motivation i needed to take a stand. Based on your informative website, i was wondering if you had any suggestions on making any actions on this most recent announcement. Thank you for your time, Denis LeBel

It’s Getting Hot In Here