Evidence of meeting #22 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cepa.
A recording is available from Parliament.
12:40 p.m.
Liberal
William Amos Liberal Pontiac, QC
Ms. Scott, I wonder if you could comment briefly on the best lessons that Canada should learn from Europe, particularly in light of the latter's approach using REACH.
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Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, As an Individual
I think the strengths of REACH lie in the alternatives assessment and safe substitution in the data-gathering provisions, the fact that there is a reduced emphasis on exposure until much later in the decision-making process relative to the Canadian system.
Again, the whole idea of REACH, how it's organized around registration before access to market, is a way in which you're inherently undertaking a more precautionary type of decision-making than we currently have in CEPA.
12:40 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Thank you very much. It's been a great session, and I appreciate all of your sharing your wisdom with us.
We are going to take 15 minutes, and I hate to do this to you because you've all been so generous with your time, but we're going to have to ask you to exit fairly quickly out of the room.
Before we do that, there's an announcement.
Mr. Fisher.
12:45 p.m.
Liberal
Darren Fisher Liberal Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Thank you very much.
We have a baby. Vanessa and Mark Gerretsen had a baby boy, Francesco Gerretsen, and get this: he's 10 pounds, 15 ounces.
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
12:45 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Oh, my word. That's amazing. Our congratulations; that's fantastic.
Thank you for that announcement.
I'm going to suspend for just a few seconds. Thank you.
[Proceedings continue in camera]