Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  To the best of my knowledge.

Environment committee  On bioaccumulation, our standard is higher. We have higher thresholds than the U.S. or the EU.

Environment committee  Correct. There is lower protection.

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  Yes. I think there should be a registry of public buildings, and not just buildings like this one, but hockey rinks, schools—

Environment committee  Even for public buildings.

Environment committee  Well, they might not find that out anyway. They might open it, be exposed, and still not know.

Environment committee  It's very difficult for me to answer that question, because I've been working for a ban on asbestos for 20 years. When 2,099 Canadians died just last year from asbestos exposure and the Prime Minister doesn't live in his house right now, it's hard for me to say what the obstacl

Environment committee  I think it would be a boost to our green economy and our economy as a whole. Exposure is high for women working with automotive plastics. We have five major companies manufacturing in Canada, and they're all going to do research simultaneously to look at alternatives, when ther

Environment committee  I don't believe that to be accurate. The new GHS—WHMIS 2015—as it will be called in Canada, does include environmental protections—

Environment committee  Canada implemented the system bilaterally with the U.S. and chose to make those environmental things optional so companies can choose to provide them or not. Most chemical companies as well as quite a lot of global companies are based outside Canada, and they're providing that in

Environment committee  I certainly don't think so. The point is not to automatically follow suit with an OECD country, but rather that if there's a substantive restriction or regulatory change in an OECD country, it should trigger a CEPA assessment, in which case it would be assessed here.

Environment committee  Certainly we're supportive of those things, but as a labour organization, we're also somewhat skeptical about principles that aren't also paired with enforcement and on-the-ground practicality. However, information about toxic pollutants at a postal code level would also help o

Environment committee  Asbestos is not banned in Canada. It's legal to import it. It's legal to sell it and a number of asbestos products. Asbestos imports are actually rapidly increasing.