Food and Drugs Act   in Canada to be safe for use and consumption. This includes the natural health products we use every day, such as vitamins, herbal medicines, sunscreen, toothpaste and hand sanitizer. I want to acknowledge the importance of natural health products. They are something that many of our

National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste and Combat Food Insecurity   is responsible for enforcing environmental and sanitation laws. The federal government has a role to play in labelling in general and in food safety when it comes to importing or exporting. However, in the context of this broader issue of waste, Ottawa has no concrete role to play. I want

Foreign Affairs committee   water and sanitation initiatives to community peace-building efforts and to livelihood inputs and mentorship, the program has yielded positive outcomes, with one rights holder or beneficiary expressing, “Due to peace, we can make progress in each sector or any corner within

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  , and it occurs to me that with housing, you need a whole bunch of infrastructure before you can build housing. You need sanitation, water and electricity. I know there have been a lot of advances in recent years to have more sustainable housing using solar, wind, composting toilets and heavy

Environment committee  , where consumer spending on water and sanitation is less than 1% of the GDP in most member states. The same applies to industry. For example, when they apply for a licence to extract groundwater, industries pay an administrative fee that is not in any way related to the value

Canada-China Relations committee   collaboratively with the panel of arbiters to maximize transparency through sanitization, including by summarizing certain redactions to provide unclassified information. This resulted in the publication of a greater amount of national security information than previously released. The panel

Public Accounts committee  It was unique, but it was also a product of what we had to do. For example, we had to increase the cleaning of our ports of entry to twice a day from once a day. We had to secure, with the help of the Public Health Agency and PSPC, all of the PPE. We had to buy sanitization

Public Accounts committee   definitely looking for reassurance and we provided that reassurance to the best of our ability. We provided it through PPE and, as I've said before, through sanitization cabinets, which weren't available at all ports of entry but are now a standard feature. We took health and safety very

Canada—Ukraine Relations  , water, sanitation and food; and $186 million in development assistance and funds for the Canada-International Finance Corporation's facility for resilient food systems. We will also contribute $198 million in security and stabilization assistance. Canadian Armed Forces members

Canada—Ukraine Relations   in delivering critical assistance, including emergency health interventions, protection services, shelter, water, sanitation and food, as well as the promotion of respect for international humanitarian law. There is also over $18 million in peace, security and stabilization assistance

Business of Supply   to be a child, (v) the United Nations reports over 70 per cent of civilian infrastructure in Gaza, including homes, hospitals, schools, water and sanitation facilities, have been destroyed or severely damaged by Israeli military attacks, (vi) on January 26, 2024, the International

Environment committee  Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee, thank you for this invitation. My name is George McGraw. I'm the founder and CEO of the U.S.-based water access non-profit DigDeep.org, and I'm a global expert on the human right to water and sanitation. Imagine waking up

Environment committee   is habitat, it's the building block for biodiversity. It stores carbon. It absorbs floods. It holds the earth in place, preventing landslides and erosion. It keeps fresh water available and accessible for food production, sanitation and basic needs, and nature keeps our communities

Environment committee   goal 6, which pertains to clean water and sanitation, and goal 15, which pertains to terrestrial ecosystems, are not even among the priority goals. Are we not putting the horse before the cart?

Environment committee   some of it in francophone western Africa, particularly on clean water. Mr. Sandford, could you articulate for this committee and this study how essential the work is that Canada and the UN do together to ensure water security, safety, hygiene and sanitation for those less