The purpose of this National Implementation Plan (NIP) is to inform the Conference of the Parties and the public about how the obligations of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) will be implemented in Canada. The NIP is written to fulfil the Article 7 obligation stating that each Party must develop and endeavour to implement a plan for the implementation of its obligations and to transmit this plan to the Conference of the Parties within two years of the date the Convention entered into force for that Party. For Canada, the transmittal date is by May 17, 2006. As