Canada | Order Amending Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act: SOR/2021-195

Whereas the Governor in Council, in accordance with subsection 189(2) of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, has taken into account, as the primary factor, the stringency of provincial pricing mechanisms for greenhouse gas emissions;

Whereas pursuant to subsection 194(1) of that Act an order made under section 189 of that Act may have effect earlier than the day on which it is made if it so provides and it gives effect to measures referred to in a notice published by the Minister of the Environment;

And whereas, the Minister of the Environment published the Notice of intent to amend the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations and to make an order under section 189 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act on December 23, 2020 to announce the intent to make an order under section 189 of that Act to delete the name of certain provinces from Part 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Environment, pursuant to section 189 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, makes the annexed Order Amending Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.

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