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Fall 2009

Can You See a Difference?

by W. Scott Thurlow, Vice President at TSA

This article appeared in the Fall 2009 issue of Catalyst magazine.

In the Spring of 2009, the Government of Ontario passed its Toxics Reduction Act. There was no real substantive debate. There was no genuine engagement with the industry affected by the statute. Most importantly, sound science was excluded from the discourse. From its introduction to its passage in less than two months, less than 24 hours of debate was dedicated to it in the Legislative Assembly and in committees. Read more . . .