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The province is proposing to extend the moratorium on new permits for bottled water production facilities until next October – making it almost four years since the moratorium was first enacted.
The proposal to extend the moratorium is open on the Environmental Registry of Ontario. The process to submit comments is open until 11:59 p.m. on December 18 to comment on making the moratorium permanent and the phase out of existing permits that allow groundwater extraction for bottling. Visit the site
Toronto Council has recently adopted a series of agenda items pertaining to food, including actions connected with the 2019 annual report of the Toronto Food Policy Council, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the City's food procurement, and matters involving Canada's Food Guide. Concerning the food guide, they voted to ask the federal government to take steps to develop a protocol for "food costing" to standardize the way governments across the country monitor food affordability.
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