Environment committee  We're not suggesting that a risk-based approach is not appropriate. What we were suggesting is that the number of incident reports related to counterfeit products is not a reasonable proxy for a more thorough risk assessment. As the commissioner pointed out, many people aren't e

Environment committee  I think we have to defer to the department on that.

Environment committee  I think there was some confusion within the agency as to whether they're cyclical reviews. The 15-year reviews would be an adequate substitute for a special review. Many of the pesticides they decided not to conduct special reviews on were either planned to be or in the process

Environment committee  Some oil and gas operations are exempt from reporting. Others.... I think Environment Canada would be in a better position to respond to that. Fracking operations have been exempted because, generally, I think, the size of the operations are very small. There has to be some thr

Environment committee  We did a short study on it in response to three environmental petitions that the office had received in the previous few years. Environment Canada committed to undertaking a review of the national pollutant release inventory to determine whether fracking operations should be co

Environment committee  It's been a while since we've looked at this, but my recollection is that in 2010, when we did look at it, we saw recognized standards from the World Meteorological Organization for well-designed water monitoring systems. I guess they look at the parameters, but they look at the

Environment committee  Organization.