Онтарио провинциясының Қоршаған орта, табиғатты сақтау және саябақтар министрлігі

Ontarian provincial government ministry
the Ontario ministry

The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is an Ontario government ministry responsible for protecting and improving the quality of the environment in the Canadian province of Ontario, as well as coordinating Ontario's actions on climate change. This includes administration of government programs, such as Ontario's Drive Clean and Clean Water Act. The ministry headquarters are located inside the Ontario Government Buildings. Following the 2018 Ontario election, the Ministry's name was changed from the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks on June 29, 2018.

The MECP works to improve air quality through legislation, targeted programs, and partnership agreements with other neighbouring airsheds. This includes using a network of air quality stations that provide real time air pollution data. The ministry communicates air quality to the public by providing an Air Quality Index based on ambient levels of ozone, fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, and total reduced sulphur compounds.

MECP is responsible for administering Ontario Regulation 153/04 which requires, under specific circumstances, a Record of Site Condition (RSC) to be submitted to the Ministry for acknowledgement. A RSC contains Environmental Site Assessments that ascertain the current condition of a site, including whether contamination exists on site. The RSC is required when a property owner is choosing to change the property use from a less sensitive to more sensitive use (Example: Industrial Use to Residential Use) and is often required by the municipality's Chief Building Official before approval of a building permit.

Ontario municipalities have responsibility for building and maintaining drinking water systems, but the ministry regulates these systems to achieve acceptable standards in water quality and safety.

The ministry is responsible for administering Ontario's Drive Clean program. Certain cars, vans, trucks, motorhomes and buses must be evaluated under the Drive Clean program to check that they meet Ontario emissions standards before being licensed to drive on Ontario roads. On September 28, 2018, the Ontario government announced the cancellation of the Drive Clean program and instead focusing on heavy duty vehicles; the change would be effective on April 1, 2019.

NameTerm of office Tenure Political party(Ministry) NoteMinister of the Environment PC(Davis) George Kerr1971 07 231972 02 02(first instance) James Auld1972 02 021974 02 26 Bill Newman1974 02 261975 10 07 George Kerr1975 10 071978 01 21(second instance)(2 years, 300 days in total) George R. McCague1978 01 211978 08 18 Harry Craig Parrott1978 08 181981 04 10 Keith Norton1981 04 101983 07 06 Andy Brandt1983 07 061985 02 08 Morley Kells1985 02 081985 05 17 PC(Miller) Susan Fish1985 05 171985 06 26 Jim Bradley1985 06 261990 10 01(first instance)Liberal(Peterson) Served in same role under three different Premiers. Ruth Grier1990 10 011993 02 03NDP(Rae)Minister of Environment and Energy Bud Wildman1993 02 031995 06 26 Brenda Elliott1995 06 261996 08 16PC(Harris) Norm Sterling1996 08 161997 10 10to be continued Minister of the Environment Norm Sterling1997 10 101999 06 17 Tony Clement1999 06 172000 03 03 Dan Newman2000 03 032001 02 07 Elizabeth Witmer2001 02 082002 04 14 Minister of Environment and EnergyPC(Eves) Chris Stockwell2002 04 152002 08 22to be continued Minister of the Environment Chris Stockwell2002 08 222003 06 17 Jim Wilson2003 06 172003 10 22 Leona Dombrowsky2003 10 232005 06 29 Liberal(McGuinty) Laurel Broten2005 06 292007 10 30 John Gerretsen2007 10 302010 08 18 John Wilkinson2010 08 182011 10 20 Jim Bradley2011 10 202013 02 11(second instance)7 years, 344 days in totalServed in same role under three different Premiers. 2013 02 112014 06 24 Liberal(Wynne) Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Glen Murray2014 06 242017 07 31Resigned and retired from politics. Chris Ballard2017 07 312018 06 29 Minister of the Environment, Conservation and ParksPC(Ford) Rod Phillips2018 06 292019 06 20 Jeff Yurek2019 06 202021 06 18 David Piccini2021 06 182023 09 22 Andrea Khanjin2023 09 22