Environment committee  I would like to comment on that. Phosphorus plays exactly the same role in both dishwashing and laundry detergents. This lady does not seem to have a complete grasp of her subject. The chemical role is exactly the same. I would also like to take this opportunity to commend the f

Environment committee  I would just like to add that there are automatic dishwashing soaps already on the market that do not contain phosphates. There are replacements out there that do not harm the environment.

Environment committee  Hello. I am Richard Carignan, speaking to you from Montreal.

Environment committee  Is it my time to speak? I will address you in French.

Environment committee  I was asked to talk about Bill C-469. I was not asked to discuss agriculture or other sources of phosphorus. I believe the discussion has gone well beyond the subject. I intend to focus on the subject of today's meeting. I have read Bill C-469; it strikes me as very naive. On ha

Environment committee  I don't know about the Swiss example in detail, but I do know that phosphorous is banned in most domestic products, as it is as well in a number of American states. We know—and I'm speaking as a scientist—that, in the lakes in the Laurentians, there is a direct link between the

Environment committee  It's because it is a problem. John Carey's estimates and mine are no different. In the Laurentians there's no agriculture, and you can find lots of lakes with excessive phosphorus problems. If you attempt to trace that excessive problem to sources, you come back to septic system

Environment committee  No, no. It's far--

Environment committee  It would be far simpler to ban phosphates from any household products, as some American states and some European countries have done already.

Environment committee  Thank you for giving me the opportunity--on very short notice, however--to talk about an old problem with known solutions, but perhaps a timely problem for Canada and for Quebec. I'll make it very simple. If you look at the screen, I've subdivided into two groups all microscopic