Health committee  Thank you for the question. We can go back to the elements within the act that allow for verification. We spoke about the need to verify this declaration approach. We have to remember that the declaration approach is not just declaring that what they have in front of the commiss

Health committee  Thank you. I would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to speak to regulatory changes being contemplated by the Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission. In fact, the commission has recently finalized draft amendments, two regulations that are consequential

Health committee  We usually collect about 25% to 30% of our total cost.

Health committee  That is correct.

Health committee  No. Well, I shouldn't say that. If you are appealing one of our orders and it is an affected party who happens to be a union member, yes, there is a fee for filing an appeal as well.

Health committee  For appeals?

Health committee  Right now, zero, because we've had no appeals for the last five years.

Health committee  Our commission employs 35 people, of which I would say 60% are on line, direct, either an evaluator doing the toxicological work or a screening officer issuing the quasi-judicial decisions.

Health committee  No, sorry, I meant hands-on, directly issuing decisions on claims.

Health committee  No. In fact, that's a very good point. Right now, we have a backlog of claims to be processed. I would say in the order of 75% of our resources are devoted to the health and safety side of our review. That part of the review and the comprehensiveness of our review has caused a ba

Health committee  Yes. This is post-market review.

Health committee  We don't test it, but we evaluate it against the standards.

Health committee  Right.

Health committee  Not necessarily. What WHMIS wanted to do in the creation of the commission and our tests—so to speak—is to ensure that the product was indeed competitive. It was more than just “I have a product, and there are some things in here that I don't want to disclose”. There had to be

Health committee  If something is being claimed as a trade secret, then that information is not being fully disclosed on the material safety data sheet in the workplace. Not only will the companies not see the information, but the workers who use the product will not know what that chemical identi