Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/388/REV.1 |
S-III§83 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
2019 |
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Technical regulation or specifications |
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As specified in the Standards Act, technical regulations are adopted to protect the consumer or user against danger to health or safety; protect public or industrial health, welfare or safety; protect the environment;(...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/389 |
G-III§38 |
Canada |
2019 |
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(...)Recent agreements have also included provisions clarifying the right to regulate in the public interest, including the maintenance of health, safety, and environmental measures; (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/389 |
G-VII§2 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
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(...)Canada is also committed to pursuing provisions in its trade agreements in areas including labour rights, the environment, SMEs, gender equality, and to increase opportunity for Indigenous peoples.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/389/REV.1 |
S-Summary§14 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Other price and market based measures |
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(...)Following the announcement of the Pan-Canadian Approach to Pricing Carbon Pollution in 2016, a federal system or provincial schemes (in line with the federal benchmark) are being put in place to ensure that carbon pollution pricing will apply to a broad set of emission sources throughout Canada, with increasing stringency over time. (...)
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Climate
Emissions
Pollution
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/389/REV.1 |
S-III§57 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Other price and market based measures |
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The Pan-Canadian Approach to Pricing Carbon Pollution , a federal benchmark announced in 2016, aims at ensuring that carbon pollution pricing applies to a broad set of emission sources throughout Canada, with increasing stringency over time, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the lowest cost to business and consumers, and to support innovation and clean growth. The federal benchmark recognized that provinces and territories have implemented, or are developing, their own carbon pollution pricing systems, and outlined criteria all systems must meet to ensure they are stringent, fair, and efficient. The Federal Government committed to implementing a federal carbon pollution pricing system in provinces and territories that request it or do not have a carbon pricing system that meets the federal benchmark in 2019.
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Climate
Pollution
Green
Emissions
Clean
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/389/REV.1 |
S-III§58 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Other price and market based measures |
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Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and the Northwestern Territories have established, or are on track to implement, provincial explicit price-based systems or cap-and-trade systems. The Federal Government is implementing the federal carbon pollution pricing system in Manitoba, New Brunswick and Ontario, and the federal system also applies in part in Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. Carbon pollution pricing will take effect in the territories in July 2019, with the Northwest Territories implementing its own system, and Nunavut and Yukon having agreed to the federal system.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/389/REV.1 |
S-III§59 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Other price and market based measures |
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All direct proceeds from pricing carbon pollution under the federal system are to be returned to the jurisdiction in which they were collected. The Federal Government is to provide an annual update on how proceeds have been used. Provincial and territorial governments that have committed to addressing climate change by voluntarily adopting the federal system will receive these proceeds directly from the Federal Government and can decide on how to use them. Proceeds from carbon pollution pricing remain in the jurisdiction of origin.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/389/REV.1 |
S-III§154 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Technical regulation or specifications |
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Once a new standard is developed, it may be sent to the SCC (see below), where it is evaluated to see if it meets the criteria of a National Standard of Canada (NSC). (...)
NSCs must be reviewed and updated at least every five years. There were 3,096 standards developed under SCC accreditation as at 30 September 2018, of which 2,424 had NSC status. Some of the main areas where there were national standards include: information technology (977); electrical engineering (345); environment, health protection and safety (177); (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/389/REV.1 |
S-III§160 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Technical regulation or specifications |
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The Cabinet Directive on Regulation, which entered into force on 1 September 2018 and replaced the Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management of 1 May 2012, sets out the Government of Canada's expectations and requirements in the development, management, and review of federal regulations. The Directive sets four guiding principles of federal regulatory policy: a) regulations must protect and advance the public interest and support good government; in this sense, regulations are justified in terms of protecting the health, safety, security, social and economic well being of Canadians, and the environment; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/389/REV.1 |
S-III§163 |
Canada |
2019 |
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Departments and agencies must conduct a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) on all regulatory proposals. (...)An analysis of monetized benefits and costs is required for all "significant" regulatory proposals, that is, with an expected high or medium impact. If a regulatory proposal identifies environmental considerations, regulators must provide the scope and nature of the likely effects on the environment (positive and negative), describe in the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement (RIAS) the outcomes of consultations with the public about environmental impact, and describe in the RIAS how the implementation plan would deal with issues identified. If the regulatory proposal is not likely to have environmental effects, regulators must describe in the RIAS the activities they undertook to ascertain that no environmental effects are expected.
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