Environment Canada to toughen environmental rules

An Environment Canada spokesman said Thursday that the department was reviewing the regulations in order to “update and strengthen” them as part of its regular due diligence.

“The regulations need to be updated to consider new substances of concern, new environmental effects information and advances in effluent treatment technologies,” said spokesman Mark Johnson.

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