Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 12, 1971, p. 23

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Canada Boasting Vast Areas of CleanAir Recreation Act to Thwart Pollution The Free Press Wednesday May 1971 Pollution la a dirty The environmental damage it has caused has aroused concern in countries around the world and Can ada la no exception But while pollutants have damaged some areas of the country Canada another lace as a land of wide open spaces that have never seen the damage that can be wrought by man and in dustrial machine Untouched lndn Thousands of square miles of this magnificent land have never felt the pressure of highway traffic and the con sequent litter brought by travellers have never been fouled by dirty waters and tainted air wildlife in some areas have seldom seen a human and vast forest reaches have never heard the snarl of the chain saw Canadas geography has thus far dictated that most Canadians must live work and play in a narrow popu lated belt stretching from Atlantic to Pacific and sel dom extended more than mllea north of the Canadlon border Here la concentrated the Industry and the large citlea that have given Canada one of the highest standards of living Increasingly stringent reg ulations have been approved in the federal Parliament and provincial legislatures and In the federal adminis tration took action to form a single department of en vironmental control to over see all pollution control and conservation action at the national level As early as the Ontario Water Resources Commission was established to combat water pollution Instances are not lacking where the provinces on their own or In cooperation with federal authorities have vig orously exerted themselves In combatting pollution Quebec for example has been In close touch with the federal fisheries deportment ever since the discovery of mercury pollution Monitor Pollution The Saskatchewan govern ment passed an Air Pollution Act In 1603 Monitoring sta tions have now been set up at several points Including some near potash mjnes and oil refineries For a considerable period of time the federal govern ment has been involved In the Improvement of Cana das fresh water resources The Canadian Parliament is considering bills dealing with two aspects of pollution In the ocean and In the at mosphere More Important the federal government has proposed the establishment of a department for protec tion of the environment and the husbanding of renewable resources with a mandate for the protection of the bio sphere The Canada Centre for In land Waters report 10BQ to the International Joint Com mission on the pollution of Lake Erie Lake Ontario and the International Section of the St Lawrence River con tains recommendations for the control of pollution on the lakes The government of Ontario and Its Water Resources Commission have made a major contribution to the abatement of pollution In the Great Lakes through con trol of harmful waste dis charges into the lakes and by financing and constructing of municipal sewage plants Pleasure craft are already forbidden to 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