Thank you, Chair.
When we changed certain parts of the Clean Air Act as it was, we eliminated some sections that we found problematic. There is one section, though, that we felt could be brought back, because what it did was it allowed the minister to report on the monitoring of substances. This is the connection between health and the environment that many people have spoken about, but this is a practical application. So you'll see in NDP-16.1--this was deleted out of clause 18--that we are, in a sense, reintroducing the one aspect that we thought was positive out of this.
I believe committee members all have NDP-16.1, but I'll read it.
(3) Subsection 93(1) of the Act is amended by striking out the word “and” at the end of paragraph (x) and by adding the following after paragraph (x): (x.1) the monitoring of the substance and the reporting to either Minister of the effects on the environment and human health from releases into the air of the substances; and
This is the reporting back to Canadians by the minister of substances that are being released that are known to have effects on human health. This was something that the government suggested in their original act. We thought that one part was actually quite progressive. It got deleted just because of the way the committee went through the process, but we want to introduce it back. This will go into section 93.(1) of CEPA, which is a section of CEPA that has a whole lot of powers that are given to the minister, so it makes sense in the way that it fits.
We look for support from other committee members.