Environment committee  They've put down in a legal text what I believe is the consensus I've heard from meetings, and again, I want to thank those who met to try to find some middle ground. The department will do the overview, but what you see in front of you is what I believe is the consensus, the mid

Environment committee  Exactly.

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair. I appreciate the willingness of committee members to meet. I've met with representatives of the different parties and I think we have consensus on close to 90% of the issues. For some of the more benign issues, such as what do we call DEHP--should it be di(2-e

Environment committee  So the first order of business will be Bill C-307.

Environment committee  Thank you.

Environment committee  Thank you for your comments--from the chair, and also from the members in the committee. There is a willingness on behalf of the government to find common ground. For clarification, on Thursday, then, we will continue with Bill C-307; and Bill C-298 will be on Tuesday of the nex

Environment committee  I think the issue goes deeper than that, Chair. We have a legislative chair ruling and yet we have Justice ruling differently and providing guidance to the committee on how to properly write this legislation with the right statute. I think it would need more than 15 minutes to pr

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair. I repeat that I think there is goodwill within the committee to deal with phthalates. But we have to have a bill, Chair, that will pass a sober second thought if it is to pass from this committee through the House and on to the Senate. So we need to get it righ

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair. We have a number of concerns with clause 3 as it's written. First, the bill would take regulatory action on DBP and BBP without scientific assessments in support of that action. Risk assessments conducted in 1994 and 2000 found that DBP and BBP did not pose a

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, Mr. McGuinty had his hand up before you ruled.

Environment committee  So you're suggesting that is the appropriate place. But Bill C-307, as written, is to have it under CEPA and to have the minister—You're saying that the specific minister, the Minister of the Environment, may not be the appropriate minister, so you're saying Governor in Council

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair. I suggested this amendment in order to provide clarity and to assist where we believe this committee would like to go, and provide the appropriate tools. An analogy I would use is that of somebody building a house and banging a nail with a screwdriver. We're h

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to ask about the importance of referring to the appropriate statute, in this case the Food and Drugs Act, as opposed to CEPA; again, we have to make sure that the piece of legislation, if this does carry forward— I neglected to begin my comments by

Environment committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I had not finished.