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It should be pointed out that while Toronto exports it's residential garbage, Michigan imports to Canada alot of it's Hazardeous waste. This includes heavy metals used in auto manufatoring as well as nuclear waste. While the volume of this waste is less than that of the 150 trucks Toronto sends a day, I would wager that the HazMat is alot more dangerous.
One of the big problems that has come up after Kerry's comments (at least on some of the Canadian News magazines i watch) is that due to NAFTA, once trade begins on a product, a member nation can't impose duty or other trade embargos on said product (though that didn't exactly work when it comes to softwood lumber). So it is possible that if a ban was imposed by the government of Michigan or The United States it would be in violation of NAFTA, and would be overturned.
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