This has been ongoing for several years under the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, and it has been an initiative with environmental groups, industry groups, provinces and the federal government to design a joint system where each party plays to its strength while the federal government provides a backstop and overall standards.
Ce projet, chapeauté par le Conseil canadien des ministres de l'Environnement, prend forme depuis plusieurs années, et réunit des groupes environnementalistes, des groupes industriels, les provinces et le gouvernement fédéral.