Who is protecting the public? Commissioner’s report reveals Health Canada can’t assure Canadians of consumer product safety

The shocking findings of the commissioner’s report reveal that, due to inadequate monitoring, even substances that have already been legally banned in Canada might be in our cosmetics.

Many of the chemicals used in consumer products today should not be there in the first place. It’s time Health Canada Minister Jane Philpott overhauled the way chemicals of concern are managed in consumer products so companies will stop getting a free pass at the expense of public health, writes Maggie MacDonald. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MAGGIE MACDONALD

June 6, 2016

TORONTO—A report recently released by Canada’s Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development Julie Gelfand, part of the Office of the Auditor General, reveals an appalling failure by Health Canada to protect Canadians from toxic chemicals in everyday products and that industry is ...

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