• Ontario Introducing Changes to Improve Blue Box Program

  Source: Ontario - Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
  Date: 2026-10-23 18:14:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Environment, Economy, Governance]

  The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is proposing legislative and regulatory changes to the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act and Ontario's Blue Box Regulation (O. Reg. 391/21) to increase transparency, accountability, and cost predictability for producers operating provincewide recycling services. The proposed changes will allow the province to regulate contract terms and fees between producer responsibility organizations (PROs) and producers, establish clearer reporting requirements, set service and bin allocation standards, explore collection of flexible plastics, and replace the current program administrator with a new independent administrator. These actions build upon prior cost-stabilization measures enacted in September 2025 to mitigate economic pressures on businesses amidst potential U.S. tariffs.

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• Carney, Ford to announce funding for clean auto investments: source

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-10-21 13:59:35.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, Economy, Trade, Industry, Environment]

  Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are scheduled to unveil a joint support package on Parliament Hill to assist Canadian auto companies making clean investments. The announcement comes in response to ongoing U.S.-Canada trade tensions—including U.S. tariff threats of up to 50 percent on cars, trucks, auto parts, and steel taking effect January 1, 2027—and addresses Canada's greenhouse gas standards following the U.S. Trump administration's rollback of federal fuel economy standards. Federal industry and finance ministers are expected to join the premier and prime minister for the announcement.

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