CANADA WILL MATCH AMERICAN AUTO EMISSION REFORMS
June 1st, 2009
BY MONICA DOBIE and KEITH NUTHALL
THE CANADIAN government will match the automotive emissions standards being introduced by the USA's Obama administration. Canada's environment minister Jim Prentice said: "We will work together to ensure we have a single, dominant north American standard for carbon emissions and fuel economy." Canadian rules would employ the metric system, but mirror American gallon-based fuel measurements, he said.
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THE CANADIAN government will match the automotive emissions standards being introduced by the USA's Obama administration. Canada's environment minister Jim Prentice said: "We will work together to ensure we have a single, dominant north American standard for carbon emissions and fuel economy." Canadian rules would employ the metric system, but mirror American gallon-based fuel measurements, he said.
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