The U.S. is leaving the Paris Agreement, Canada’s not. Why follow on weakening car emissions standards?

Allowing our vehicle emission standards to roll back would harm our climate, our health, and our economy.

Toronto Public Health estimates that traffic-related air pollution accounts for about 280 premature deaths and 1,090 hospitalizations every year in Toronto alone.Flickr photograph courtesy of Nayuki

Opinion

BY JULIA LANGER

May 30, 2018

Fixated on reversing the progress made under its predecessor, the current United States administration plans to weaken vehicle emissions standards. Less fuel-efficient vehicles in the U.S. are bad for Canada’s climate, but things could get much worse if Canada adopts weaker standards as well. Due ...

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