Call for Input
Canada's Draft National Implementation Plan (NIP) - Stockholm
Convention on POPs
On May 23, 2001, Canada was the first country to sign and ratify
the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs),
a global agreement that will dramatically reduce or eliminate
emissions of 12 POPs that are known to result in serious harm
to the environment and human health. By May 17, 2006, Canada is
required to submit a National Implementation Plan (NIP) describing
how it will implement its obligations under the Convention.
Environment Canada has led development of the draft NIP, on behalf
of the federal government. Comments and advice received from written
comments and three regional workshops held in Winter 2004 were
considered in this process.
This Draft NIP includes:
The Stockholm Convention is built on a successful working relationship
among public, aboriginal, industrial and non-governmental representatives.
Canada proposes to provide the NIP as an information piece at
the Stockholm Convention's first Conference of Parties (COP-1)
in Uruguay May 2-6, 2005.
The NIP that is forwarded to COP-1 will include a report on stakeholder
consultations, including those held in 2004 and 2005. Following
COP-1, Canada will consider all advice received, and will then
complete our NIP and submit it to the COP before May 17, 2006.
Before submitting the final NIP to the Conference of the Parties
in 2006, final consultations will be held.
Notification of this consultation is also being posted on Environment
Canada's CEPA 1999 registry website.
Deadline for written comments on this document:
March 18, 2005.
Please send your comments to:
Greg Filyk
Manager, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Environment Canada, Trans boundary Air Issues Branch
351 St Joseph Boulevard, 11th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Telephone: (819) 953-5945
Fax: (819) 953-8963
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