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The Canadian Safety Association of Ontario (now the Infrastructure Health & Safety Association) made a series of public service announcements
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The Canadian Safety Association of Ontario (now the Infrastructure Health & Safety Association) made a series of public service announcements

July 13, 2023

Atlantic premiers call for meeting on new clean fuel standards

The Council of Atlantic Premiers is calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss what they say is the disproportionate impact of the new federal Clean Fuel Regulations on Canadians in the Atlantic region.


The Council met virtually with Stephen Guilbeault, minister of Environment and Climate change in May and on June 21, to ask for options to reduce the impact of the new regulations, which it says will increase the cost of fuel and other essential goods and services in Atlantic Canada.


The regulations, which came into force on July 1, are part of the federal government’s climate plan, and require suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel fuels they produce for use in Canada. In May the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer indicated that the carbon tax will increase costs for Canadian households by 2030.


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Scared Safe

The Canadian Safety Association of Ontario (now the Infrastructure Health & Safety Association) made a series of public service announcements during the 1970s and '80s to educate workers about on-the-job safety, and they’re still just as terrifying today. Check out these shocking accident situations in this collection of retro PSAs from the 1970s and '80s.

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