Government Operations committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee. It's a pleasure to be here today to provide CCSPA's perspective on your review of the proposed legislation, Bill C-21. My name is Shannon Coombs and I'm the president of the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products As

Finance committee  What we're asking is that if you're bringing in chemicals—not from the U.S., for example—and you want to be able to bring them into Canada, we want to be able to relabel them here. It provides us the opportunity to bring in chemicals, and we can relabel. We have that provision un

Finance committee  Right, and they'll come in with their safety data sheets, for sure, but this is about making sure that we can relabel here.

Finance committee  Yes, we would, internally in the companies, absolutely.

Finance committee  I could not, sir. I take it none—

Finance committee  —from the way you're asking the question.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. I think we proposed the amendment to bring some clarity to the bill so that there may not be any future misinterpretation. While I appreciate your concern about the quick study of this piece of legislation, we're doing a really progressive

Finance committee  Thank you, sir.

Finance committee  It's an option, for sure, that it could be handled in regulations. We are afforded the same provision under the consumer chemicals and containers regulations. Our proposal, because it's here before us now, is to make it very clear and precise in the legislation.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee. It's a pleasure to be here today to provide support and a suggested amendment for Bill C-31. My name is Shannon Coombs, and I'm the president of the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association. I have proud

Finance committee  You can ask for another one for later.

Finance committee  So why are we here today?

Finance committee  The CCSPA supports the amendments to the Hazardous Products Act in Bill C-31. These amendments will put in place a regulatory framework that will be harmonized with that of our major trading partner, the United States. Included in Prime Minister Harper's and President Obama's 2

Health committee  Yes, I am.

Health committee  Absolutely. We don't see anything changing in the current processes. The officials who are working at HMIRC will become Health Canada officials. We can see the continuation of the day-to-day work with respect to the review of the confidential business information, ensuring that w