Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been ridiculed for missing the mark on his party's priorities after the federal government instituted compliance inspections of restaurants that use wood-fired ovens.
Prime Minister Trudeau's Liberal Party has launched ominous-sounding “compliance drives” on businesses such as pizzerias and bagel shops to determine whether restaurants are complying with emissions regulations under the National Pollutant Emissions Inventory Program.
The program is a publicly available list of what types of pollutants are released into the air, water, or land by companies. Companies must report all suspected pollutants to the government, including declaring the operation of stationary combustion equipment and the pollutants emitted by it.
The government argued that NPRI does not regulate emissions. Rather, it simply tracks them.
“Addressing air pollution is a shared responsibility of federal, provincial and territorial governments. Some Canadian provinces and municipalities are also imposing limits on air pollutant emissions from new home wood stoves. “We have set standards,” a government spokesperson said. CTV News.
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poièvre shot down the Prime Minister for running a “campaign” against pizza ovens, as if ignoring the real crisis.
“I know that Prime Minister Trudeau and his federal agencies have launched a full-scale campaign against pizza ovens,” Poièvre told reporters. “They started in Montreal, but we know they'll get here to Vancouver.”
”[Residents] For those of you who are stuck at home and scared of the pizza oven, rest assured that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is here to help,” the party leader quipped. You don't have to worry about the price going up 100%.” Feed yourself. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spending money chasing pizza ovens all over the place, and he won't stop until this crisis is resolved. ”
Mr. Poièvre appears to be referring to Montreal. Prohibition of old wood stoves and fireplacesIt is being discussed that it may become. more strict Since the regulations came into effect in 2018.
Montreal Health Department cracked down on the stove The situation worsened in 2020 after the city's health department revealed that 3% of the city's air pollution comes from commercial wood stoves.
Similar government regulations were seen in New York in 2023 after the New York City Department of Environmental Protection drafted new rules regulating coal and wood-fired ovens installed in restaurants before May 2016.
A man threw a pizza at City Hall in protest.
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