Evidence of meeting #18 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was substances.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Senior Scientist, Washington, D.C. Office, Environmental Defense (USA)
Yes, I'd say so.
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Liberal
John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON
All right. So now my question is to Mr. Arseneau.
If that's true, and you look at Dr. Denison's suggestions about getting access to the data, as you go through this, is there any reason we shouldn't do these kinds of things? Secondly, is it technically possible to get to the level of sharing so that we're not getting into ambiguity, so that we can actually adjust our systems to take this kind of information into account? Thirdly, can we do this mostly by regulation, or will this require absolute amendment of the act for us to do this data and assessment sharing?
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John Arseneau Director General, Science and Risk Assessment, Science and Technology Branch, Department of the Environment
Thank you very much for that question, Mr. Godfrey.
Obviously there are advantages in being able to gain access to test results and information on chemicals that are generated internationally. Canada's work in this area, to date, has been actually quite ambitious, to be able to try to secure and make use of international information with respect to toxic end points, uses of chemicals, production, etc.
Through the OECD we have been working very closely with other countries to....
Mr. Chairman, I did not plan that fire alarm.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bob Mills
We have a clerk checking out what's happening.
I'm sorry, we have to leave. We probably will have to adjourn. I really apologize to our guests.
The meeting is adjourned.