A number of vehicles in the Jobs and Investment Board exhibit illustrate the award-winning quality of Ontario's car and truck manufacturers. They are the Chevrolet Silverado, the GMC Sierra, the Ford Crown Victoria and the Honda Odyssey minivan. Of particular note is the prototype vehicle in the display, the MCV CH4 from Motion Concept Vehicles in Mississauga which will go into limited production in about two years. Automakers are developing new generations of cleaner and environmentally friendly vehicles but it will be many years before they reduce our smog problem. Vehicles are our largest local source of smog-causing pollutants.
Smog presents a serious to people with ailments such as asthma, bronchitis and cardiac problem.
That is why Drive Clean is so important to our health and environment by requiring emission tests for older vehicles before their licences can be renewed. We must have an emissions testing program that is fair, affordable and convenient. The government will manage the program, while private sector garages will provide the necessary network of facilities for emissions testing and repairs. By April, we will have more than 300 facilities. To protect the integrity of the program, there will be more than 135,000 inspections and audits of facilities.