Evidence of meeting #37 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.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
That's probably well beyond the time we have remaining, and I think there are quite a few things that you've touched on today already.
Do you wish to respond quickly?
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Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, As an Individual
There are a couple of themes that I would highlight again. One is the need for action once we declare things toxic. The other is the theme of the residualization of CEPA, which was introduced in the last stages of the 1999 process. I think it needs to be looked at very carefully both in relation to the provinces but also in relation to other statutes and other government departments. There's a lot of that in the government's discussion paper as well, to go further down that road. I think that would be a mistake.... CEPA is supposed to be the benchmark. It's supposed to be the standard against which other statutes are measured and what happens under other statutes in relation to substances of concern is measured. That's where I would tend to highlight the concerns relative to where we left off in 1999.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Thank you very much to all our guests. It was an excellent session. We really appreciate your words of wisdom and advice, and we have a lot of work to do. Thank you.
The meeting is adjourned.