VW Settlement Rated “Weak”

A federal out-of-court settlement with Volkswagen over polluting diesel cars shows Canada is “hesitant, weak and inadequate” in enforcing its own laws, the Commons environment committee was told yesterday. The Department of Environment settled with VW at a fraction of billions paid by the automaker in the United States: “This was a sophisticated illegal scheme.”

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