We Urge You to Contact Environment Canada Immediately (Contact Information Below) to Voice Your Opposition to the Ban

• Environment Canada relies on no scientifically documented test data that provides evidence that increased exposure to emissions created from leaded gasoline causes adverse health effects.  In fact, there is no evidence that racing competitions result in increased exposure at all.
  
  
• Competition motor vehicles use only 1.5% of all leaded gasoline consumed in Canada.  The aviation industry, which owns a permanent exemption from the ban, accounts for the other 98.5%.
  
  
• The U.S., U.K. and Australia have not seen the need to enact a similar ban.  U.S. race teams, which constitute a significant majority of drag racers that compete in Canada, will not convert their vehicles to compete in Canadian events.
  
  
• According to data compiled by the International Hot Rod Association, drag racing competitions and related expenditures by race teams, event organizers and tourists among others brings with it a multi-million dollar windfall for regions hosting these events. 

Contact the Department of the Environment to voice your opposition to this proposed regulation.  These comments are due before Feb. 13, 2008. 

Also, please contact your Members of Parliament and ask that they oppose this ban as well.  To identify your Members of Parliament, go to:  http://canada.gc.ca/directories-repertoires/direct-eng.html#mp. Comments in opposition to the proposed ban on leaded fuel used in competition racing should be directed to: 

Chief, Fuels Section
Oil, Gas and Alternative Energy Division
Energy and Transportation Directorate
Department of the Environment
Ottawa, Quebec K1A 0H3

All comments must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of the “Gasoline Regulations – Competition Vehicle Exemption” notice issued by the Department (Dec. 22, 2007). 

Please e-mail a copy of your message to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org