Bill C-36 (Historical)

Canada Consumer Product Safety Act

An Act respecting the safety of consumer products

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Leona Aglukkaq  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment modernizes the regulatory regime for consumer products in Canada. It creates prohibitions with respect to the manufacturing, importing, selling, advertising, packaging and labelling of consumer products, including those that are a danger to human health or safety. In addition, it establishes certain measures that will make it easier to identify whether a consumer product is a danger to human health or safety and, if so, to more effectively prevent or address the danger. It also creates application and enforcement mechanisms. This enactment also makes consequential amendments to the Hazardous Products Act.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Health Committee, on Oct. 19, 2010

  • Athana Mentzelopoulos, Director General, Consumer Product Safety Directorate, Department of Health
  • Robert Ianiro, Director, Consumer Product Safety Bureau, Department of Health
  • Diane Labelle, General Counsel, Legal Services Unit, Department of Health
  • Elspeth Gullen, Legal Counsel, Legal Services Unit, Department of Health

Health Committee, on Oct. 21, 2010

  • Paul Glover, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Department of Health
  • Robert Simonds, President, Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs
  • Michel Arnold, Executive Director, Option consommateurs
  • Pamela Fuselli, Executive Director, Safe Kids Canada
  • John Walter, Executive Director, Standards Council of Canada
  • Anu Bose, Head, Ottawa Office, Option consommateurs

Health Committee, on Oct. 26, 2010