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TS: Ontario Eco Fee Scrapped, For Now

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Tags: Eco Fee, John Gerretsen, Ontario

Bowing to growing pressure from consumers and Canadian Tire over its eco-fee scheme, the Ontario government is killing the latest round of controversial charges on potentially toxic household products and going back to the drawing board.

Sources said Environment Minister John Gerretsen will announce Tuesday that the policy is being retooled -- less than three weeks after the fees from embattled recycling agency Stewardship Ontario kicked in on thousands of household items from cleaners to fire extinguishers.

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