Environment committee  The example that I raised, ammonia, is on schedule 1, and it has a risk assessment that was completed. The risk assessment said that ammonia was CEPA toxic because it was found in the aqueous environment due to waste water effluent. What has been happening is that it's being post

Environment committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of Parliament. It's a pleasure to be here today. As per our presentation in May, we have two key issues we wish the committee to consider and make recommendations on in your report to Parliament for amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protec

Environment committee  I can't speak specifically to plastics; we don't represent the plastics industry. For the products that are regulated under the Food and Drugs Act, there are pre-market assessments and notifications, so cosmetics, for example, would go through a notification process.

Environment committee  It's my understanding that if you want to market your cosmetic, you have to notify the government that you're doing so. There are different types of cosmetics. If it's a cosmetic that is not making a therapeutic claim, then it would have to have a notification. If it is making a

Environment committee  If the substance is on the DSL, it would be captured under the categorization and screening of the domestic substances list. If it's a new substance, it would be captured under the new substance notification regulations. The end use of that disinfectant would be captured under

Environment committee  Companies certainly ensure that the products and the substances they use in their products are tested for safety and efficacy prior to their being approved for sale in Canada.

Environment committee  We provide the data to the government based upon their requirements, which they spell out, that we must meet Canadian law to ensure that the product is safe to be sold in Canada and for consumers to use.

Environment committee  You have to meet the data requirements the government sets out, so you have to provide testing that meets the government's requirements.

Environment committee  I can't specifically answer that. I'm sorry.

Environment committee  I believe the companies provide the data that meets the law, and there are requirements set out by Health Canada that we have to meet. We have to provide that data before they will approve it for sale.

Environment committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, FPIC is simply advocating that the term “toxic” be removed from the legislation. We're not asking for any processes with respect to how risk assessments are being done or to how they arrive at their decisions. And we're not asking that schedule 1 be deleted.

Environment committee  If I may add to your list, he's right about the in-commerce list and that it be treated as existing substances. If the committee could take a look at making a recommendation to provide a provision in CEPA, it would be appreciated.

Environment committee  I didn't believe that the review would stop the implementation of what's going on with CEPA at Health and Environment Canada. I still see them doing their day-to-day work. What the committee decides to do in the review is within your purview and your prerogative to do so.

Environment committee  Well, I don't think it's as loaded as toxic.

Environment committee  With respect to the submissions, no, I don't think there was enough time to share submissions prior to our coming to speak to you today. What I do find interesting is the issue of CEPA toxic appears to us distinctively within each association. It's something that transcends vari