Ms. Suzy McDonald at the Finance Committee

On May 29th, 2014. See this statement in context.

May 29th, 2014 / 6:45 p.m.

Director General, Workplace Hazardous Materials Directorate, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Department of Health

Suzy McDonald

I think the point that we're making is that Parliament enacted the Hazardous Products Act for a specific reason, which included protecting the health of workers, specifically with regard to disclosure of the intrinsic properties of the hazardous chemicals. This falls well outside the scope of what the Hazardous Products Act was intended to do.

I think the suggestion really falls outside of the parliamentary enactment of the Hazardous Products Act.

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