There are a couple of threads to that question, first and foremost with regard to the complementarity between health and safety in Bill C-36 and environmental legislation. We're dealing with health and safety relating to consumer products. CEPA really is the statute in place to deal with environmental concerns. They do have the ability to deal with both environmental and health issues if a substance is deemed to be toxic under paragraph 64(c) of CEPA. The reason we are making reference in the preamble and in other places in the bill, such as clause 16, is for the simple fact that through our work and through the work of other departments, you will often come across information or situations that should or could lead to actions under other statutes.
For example, Ms. Mentzelopoulos described the bisphenol A prohibition that was put under the Hazardous Products Act and will be carried over to Bill C-36. One of the issues that came up through our analysis was whether there were any concerns to the environment and potential release of bisphenol A into groundwater or through the effluent out of manufacturing. Just this past weekend, Environment Canada announced some action in that area. So that's a concrete example of why we're making reference to the environment and giving ourselves a certain degree of flexibility, so that there could be sharing of that type of information to not only better protect the health and safety of Canadians but the environment, upon which, of course, our very life depends.