Toxic Nation | Pollution. It's In You.

• Create a special section of CEPA to focus on Great Lakes protection.
• Provide new funding for a Canadian Great Lakes clean-up of toxic hot spots.

The Great Lakes form the largest surface freshwater system on Earth, and are home to 30 million people, including about one third of Canada’s population. The basin is also home to industrial facilities that produce 45 per cent of Canada’s total toxic air emissions. While the US has stepped up with programs and funding for cleaning up and protecting the Great Lakes, Canada has become a laggard. Given that Great Lakes is such a significant pollution hot spot, with environmental and health impacts that spread far beyond the basin, a special section of CEPA is needed to focus on the basin.