Feds shy away from endorsing regulatory overhaul for ‘high-concern’ chemicals in CEPA reform

A bill reforming Canada's foremost environment law won't be tabled until a 'later Parliament,' McKenna said.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured at a press conference following a meeting with provincial and territorial environment ministers on June 28. She has promised to table a CEPA reform bill, but not until a 'later Parliament.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JOLSON LIM

July 9, 2018

The federal government is not moving away from its current approach toward regulating high-risk chemicals, despite strong calls from environmentalists to change the formula to require industry to prove to federal regulators that some substances are safe before they’re used. Environment Minister C...

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