Feds or provinces

[Topaz]

The Feds are bringing in new laws with e-missions with 18 wheelers, full-size pickups, stake trucks etc. I thought this was a provincial responsibilty. In Ontario, pickups are already being charged for e-mission test and now the feds are too. Will they retrack this Bill, when the western farmers start sending them e-mails they don't like it?? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-unveils-heavy-vehicle-emissions-rules-141857159.html

[Smallc]

The federal government regulates the emissions equipment that must be on new vehicles sold in Canada. The tests that some provinces run are done to insure that the equipment installed on your vehicle is working properly.

[August1991]

This is the key quote:

The greenhouse-gas emissions rules - designed to fit with measures already set in the United States - will come into effect starting with the 2014 model year.

It would be difficult for Canada to have different emission standards from the US. If ours were stricter, it would could impose horrendous costs. If ours were less strict, it could make our trucks uncompetitive for cross-border trade.

Incidentally, these regulations are an indirect barrier to free-trade. Many international truck manufacturers skip the North American market because of the complexity of regulations. Domestic (US/Canada-based) producers know this and lobby to make the regulations complex.

Edited April 14, 2012 by August1991

[Tilter]

The Feds are bringing in new laws with e-missions with 18 wheelers, full-size pickups, stake trucks etc. I thought this was a provincial responsibilty. In Ontario, pickups are already being charged for e-mission test and now the feds are too. Will they retrack this Bill, when the western farmers start sending them e-mails they don't like it?? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-unveils-heavy-vehicle-emissions-rules-141857159.html

Frazer University did a survey on the area from Vanc. to the Frazer valley and compared it to the results from when the testing law came into place . there was NO appreciable difference except that the driver in Vanc were out of pocket about 500 bux each. The testing in BC at that time was done only in the Vanc area.