MEDIA RELEASE
May 31, 2011

Public Meetings on air pollution crossing Canada-United States border

Although the residents of Detroit and Windsor live in different countries, they are separated by a river that is little more than half a mile wide. In fact, they live so close to each other that they often breathe the same air.

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting two public meetings on transboundary air quality on June 13-14 in the following locations:

The IJC invites the public to provide comment on progress by our two countries to reduce the impact of transboundary air pollution under the 1991 Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement, work that remains to be done to protect human health and the environment from transboundary air pollution, and the issues that should have the highest priority. As part of its responsibilities under the Agreement, the IJC will synthesize the views expressed by the public in a public report to both federal governments.

The Progress Report 2010 describes progress to meet the objectives of the Agreement’s annexes on acid rain and ozone, and addresses public comments on the 2008 Progress Report.

The IJC will also accept written comments submitted to one of the following addresses, or online, until Friday, September 9, 2011:

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