Canada to Align Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measures with the US

Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister has announced final regulations to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new on-road heavy-duty vehicles and engines. This is another step to align the environmental regulations with the United States.

“With these tough new measures, GHG emissions from 2018 model-year heavy-duty vehicles will be reduced by up to 23 per cent,” said Minister Kent. “The regulations will also lead to improved fuel efficiency. For example, a semi-truck operator driving a 2018 model-year vehicle will save up to $8,000 per year in fuel.”

The Regulations will establish progressively more stringent standards for 2014 to 2018 model-year heavy-duty vehicles such as full-size pick-ups, semi-trucks, garbage trucks and buses. The Regulations will remain in full effect for all subsequent model-year vehicles, which will be required to adhere to the 2018 standard, and will result in GHG reductions of 19.1 megatonnes over the lifetime of the 2014-2018 model-year vehicles.

The announcement was made at the Mississauga terminal of Bison Transport and was attended by industry officials including David Bradley, CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

 

Peter Kent, Federal Environment Minister making the announcement

 

Environment Minister Peter Kent (2nd from R), CTA’s David Bradley (extreme L) and officials from Bison Transport