MOE Retreats from Enforcement 3. A Voluntary Compliance Failure 4. City of Kingston Fined 5. Again Recent Environics polls suggest that public concern about environmental issues is growing again. As expected, the biggest driver is the link between environmental quality and human health.
Polls also suggest that another key link is trust in government.
When trust decreases, concern about the environment rises. Trust in government is now at very low levels in BC and Ontario, and is being further eroded by recent publicity about health risks and poor environmental enforcement. MOE Retreats from Enforcement With a provincial election in the offing, more attention is being paid to MOE's retreat from enforcement. MOE's top secret enforcement strategy was leaked to the press, revealing that MOE has completely abandoned enforcement in wide areas of its mandate, including sewage dumping by pleasure boats, and foul tasting drinking water. Another example of MOE's retreat from enforcement occurred on February 22nd when MOE dropped charges against an illegal waste disposal site.