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Canada is reported to be considering adopting emissions
regulations similar to those favoured by California, depending on
what regulations the US federal government delivers, according to a
WardsAuto report. The report cites a spokesperson for
Canada's environment and climate change ministry as saying that it
will wait until the US government makes a decision. After that, it
"will engage in additional consultations to inform a determination
of whether the established greenhouse gas emissions standards for
the 2022 to 2025 model years remain appropriate for Canada". In
addition, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change,
Catherine McKenna, has signed a co-operative agreement with
California Air Resources Board leader Mary Nichols, which
reportedly commits the two jurisdictions to "collaborate on the
development of our respective greenhouse gas regulations for
light-duty vehicles that require meaningful improvements in vehicle
efficiency every year". Wards reports that the two also
have agreed to jointly analyse possible measures related to
reaching zero-emissions vehicle sales targets, collaborate on
research, emissions testing, and modelling for alternative-fuel
vehicles and to enhance regulatory effectiveness through mutual
acceptance of emissions data, which could minimise testing
overlap.
Significance: Canada has traditionally followed
the US in emissions regulations, with some exceptions, and this
consideration by Canada reflects that country's concern about the
impact of the US holding to 2022 standards, as the current US
presidential administration has proposed and is considering.
Furthermore, if the US is successful in ending California's waiver
for setting its own greenhouse gas emissions rules, there may not
be any Californian rules to share. It is also highly unusual for a
state to engage in this type of co-operation with a foreign
country. Though the reported co-operation is limited to sharing
data and research, it is unclear whether US federal authorities
could curb California's ability to implement such
collaboration.
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