Mr. Speaker, this bill has been a long time in the works.
Members have spoken about the old legislation being around for 40 years. As usual, we seem to be behind the United States in this kind of development.
The hon. member would be aware that the government was opposed to a comprehensive system for labelling consumer products containing hazardous materials. It seems to me that this is something we should certainly have. For example, there are a lot of hazardous materials and products out there, unsafe electrical cords and so on that the public should know about. The government said that this would be too expensive and cumbersome to try to implement. There was no consensus to develop an alternative.
The question is whether the hon. member agrees that labelling, which the government did not deal with, is an important point. Another area that was left out is counterfeit products, which is a huge developing area. Still another is cigarettes. The cancer society has made presentations, but cigarettes were left out.
The question, then, is whether the hon. member thinks the bill is as good as it should be, given that the government left out what I think are three important product areas.