Thursday, September 23, 2010

Commissioner Critical of Government


Ontario's environmental commissioner says the government isn't following through on any of its environmental promises.

In his annual report released Wednesday, Gord Miller says environmental legislation the government has passed is being undermined by its inaction.

Miller says Great Lakes pollution is getting worse because the Ministry of the Environment's municipal wastewater discharge rules haven't kept up with the rising population in southern Ontario.

He also suggests Ontario's air quality standards are not "airtight'' and so whole sectors of industry are exempt from tougher rules.