Air Pollution In Canada

Many cities across Canada work towards keeping our air clean. While Calgary and Edmonton have the highest air pollution recently at “moderate risk”, the rest of the country is sitting at “low risk”. Ontario has a Drive Clean Program where if you have a vehicle that is 7 years old, you need an emissions test every 1-2 years. The emissions test does an on-board diagnostic evaluation which consists of reading emissions information off of the vehicles computer, the test also measures the tailpipe emissions from the vehicles tailpipe. Additionally, on diesel-fuelled vehicles, they measure the smoke density. This test has so far been effective in reducing the amount of smog within Ontario and vehicles are no longer the main contributor of smog. In British Columbia, the government has set out 28 different action plans to reduce air …show more content…
Some of these plans are; fitting diesel trucks with diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC), fitting school buses with DOCs and enabling school districts to buy newer clean-energy buses, enhancing and expanding their “Scrap-It Program” where people can trade in vehicles older than 1993 for cleaner transportation, adding greener variations of transportation systems that will encourage people to take public transit and cycling paths, and many