THE COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION

This above group was established under a side accord to NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). Last Wednesday's K-W Record has this story written by Andy Blatchford. The title of the story is "More co-operation needed to track toxins, report says". Two major issues raised are the lack of coordination between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. For example the oil and gas sector are exempt from reporting in the U.S. and in Mexico while not legally exempt they did not comply in 2006. The other major issue is the vast quantities of liquid toxic wastes discharged legally to surface waters in all three countries. We are talking hundreds of millions of kilograms per year being legal by virtue of them simply reporting these emissions. The day will arrive when we the citizens will no longer tolerate this abuse of our health and the health of future generations.