| GTA Clean Air Council Introduction The Greater Toronto Clean Air Council (GTA-CAC) is an inter-governmental working group with a mission to reduce smog and smog emissions across the GTA. Formed in response to the recognition of the adverse human and environmental impacts of smog and widespread public concern, the GTA-CAC has been meeting since the 2000 Smog Summit. One of the key goals of the GTA-CAC is to develop smog reduction strategies which can then be implemented by the various jurisdictions which make-up the GTA. Initial members of the GTA-CAC included the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario and the City of Toronto. Since then, additional jurisdictions have joined the GTA-CAC in an effort to combat smog throughout the GTA. Since the 2000 Smog Summit and in an effort to raise public awareness and political commitment to improving air quality, the GTA-CAC continues to hold annual Smog Summits. To date, the GTA-CAC has been successful in identifying and approving various initiatives which have allowed GTA-CAC members to develop clean air policies through collective action with the goal of improving air quality. Improved air quality will benefit human and environmental health throughout the GTA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Information found Clarington’s GTA-CAC website
and its links is based on information from the following
sources:  City of Toronto Clean
Air Consumer Guide Environment
Canada Greater
Toronto Area “Idle Free” Campaign Ontario
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Ontario
Ministry of the Environment Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food: OPHA (pdf file) Natural Resources
Canada Office of Energy Efficiency: Steps to Clean Air: Analysis of GTA Clean Air
Council’s Clean Air Inventory and Recommendations
for Best Practices Guide NOTE:Links to sites external to the Municipality of Clarington are provided as a convenience and their inclusion does not imply that the Municipality of Clarington endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of these sites. |
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