Regulators should protect citizens and environment from known chemicals dangers

Environment Canada should support and defend adoption of the Chemical Management Plan assessment approach internationally.

Canada's federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured in this file photo. The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development is currently in the midst of a broad review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), the legislation that sets out how Canada protects the environment.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MIKE BROOK

March 6, 2017

Regulators have an obligation to protect their citizens and the environment from known dangers arising from the use of chemicals. The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development is currently in the midst of a broad review of the Canadian Environmental ...

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