Bill C-468

SUMMARY

Part 1 of this enactment amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to promote the reduction of air pollution and the quality of outdoor and indoor air. It enables the Government of Canada to regulate air pollutants and greenhouse gases, including establishing emission-trading programs, and expands its authority to collect information about substances that contribute or are capable of contributing to air pollution. Part 1 also enacts requirements that the Ministers of the Environment and Health establish air quality objectives and publicly report on the attainment of those objectives and on the effectiveness of the measures taken to achieve them.

Part 1 further requires the Minister of the Environment to prepare a Climate Change Plan in each year from 2013 to 2050, with the objective of protecting the environment and the well-being of all Canadians.

Part 2 of this enactment amends the Energy Efficiency Act to

(a) clarify that classes of energy-using products may be established based on their common energy-consuming characteristics, the intended use of the products or the conditions under which the products are normally used;

(b) require that all interprovincial shipments of energy-using products meet the requirements of that Act;

(c) require dealers to provide prescribed information respecting the shipment or importation of energy-using products to the Minister responsible for that Act;

(d) provide for the authority to prescribe as energy-using products manufactured products, or classes of manufactured products, that affect or control energy consumption; and

(e) broaden the scope of the labelling provisions.

Part 3 of this enactment amends the Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act to clarify its regulation-making powers with respect to the establishment of standards for the fuel consumption of new motor vehicles sold in Canada and to modernize certain aspects of that Act.