Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. It's our reading that this provision does not create a new body—I'm reading the English—but this amendment would designate a body to do these functions. I think Mr. Cullen's questions were about creating a new body; it would be our advice that this provision d

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Chair, the departmental staff members don't have the most recent amendments.

Environment committee  Bill C-298 requires the minister to do three things: first, add PFOS to the VE list; second, specify a level of quantification; and third, make regulations prescribing the quantity or concentration that may be released into the environment. My testimony earlier suggested that th

Environment committee  Mr. Chairman, I'll just clarify that there will not be an Environment Canada representative at the table for the next bill, which is a Health Canada bill. Mr. Chénier will remain. If there are technical questions, he'll be available to answer them.

Environment committee  Thanks, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to ask your permission to refer the first question to my colleague Robert Chénier, who is the manager of the assessment section at Environment Canada. So he manages all of the risk assessments and has the full history of the assessment that was und

Environment committee  Sure. I'll answer the first question and then I'll ask Mr. Carreau to answer the second question. The first question had to do with virtual elimination. Your perception, as I understand it, is that PFOS has somehow fallen through the cracks. I hope to allay that concern. What th

Environment committee  I have the dubious distinction of being the only government representative who will speak. I'm here with Steve Clarkson, from Health Canada, who is available to answer any questions that committee members may have; and Greg Carreau, from Environment Canada, who is the lead risk

Environment committee  If he leaves, it's not because you've offended him. Thank you. Let me start by stating very simply that the government completely supports the need to address PFOS. Any debate that you see this morning is not about PFOS, and it's not about the need to get rid of PFOS. What we'r