e-3404 (Transportation)
- Keywords
- Pollution
- Ships and boats
- Sulphur dioxide
- Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Vessel traffic in Canadian waters has increased significantly in the past decades putting greater strain on coastal communities and ecosystems;
- Rather than using cleaner low-sulfur fuels, many vessels in Canadian waters employ Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) in order to continue to use heavy fuel oils;
- EGCS use is more harmful to the environment than switching to a low-sulfur fuel. While decreasing the sulfur content of the exhaust plume, EGCS increase other air pollutants of concern, such as particulate matter, and black carbon as well as greenhouse gases;
- The washwater produced by EGCS contains known carcinogens and heavy metals, and is highly thermal and acidic;
- Section 111(4) of Canada’s Vessel Pollution & Dangerous Chemicals Regulations (VPDC Regulations) permits vessels to use EGCS in Canadian waters;
- The use of EGCS results in the annual discharge of billions of litres of washwater off the coast of British Columbia alone; and
- Many countries around the world have restricted or prohibited the use of EGCS and required vessels to use cleaner low-sulfur fuels instead.
- Open for signature
- May 18, 2021, at 10:53 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 17, 2021, at 10:53 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Laurel Collins
(Victoria)
June 22, 2021 (Petition No. 432-01232)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 113 |
British Columbia | 479 |
Manitoba | 23 |
New Brunswick | 22 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 10 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 28 |
Ontario | 489 |
Prince Edward Island | 4 |
Quebec | 113 |
Saskatchewan | 26 |
Yukon | 2 |