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Bill S-5

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2023
Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act
  • The Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, among other things, to recognize an individual's right to a healthy environment and require the government to protect that right. It also expands regulation-making, information-gathering, and pollution prevention powers, and requires vulnerable populations to be considered when assessing substances. The act also makes related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act to enable the assessment and management of risks to the environment associated with foods, drugs, cosmetics, and devices, and repeals the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act.
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SteelmanSpren in Favour

  • Bill S-5 aims to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and to repeal the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act. This bill recognizes the right of every individual in Canada to a healthy environment and ensures that this right is balanced with relevant factors. The bill also requires the development of an implementation framework to protect this right, and the conducting of research, studies or monitoring activities to support the Government of Canada in protecting this right. This bill promotes the use of alternative methods and strategies in the testing and assessment of substances to replace, reduce or refine the use of vertebrate animals. In addition, this bill expands certain regulation-making, information-gathering and pollution prevention powers under the Act and allows for the management of risks associated with certain toxic substances. This bill i

SteelmanSpren Against

  • this Act to protect the right to a healthy environment, including the principles of non-discrimination, intergenerational equity, and the polluter pays principle; (b) the factors to be considered in balancing the right to a healthy environment with other relevant factors, such as economic and social considerations; (c) the ways in which the right to a healthy environment will be integrated into decision-making under this Act; (d) the research, studies, or monitoring activities that will be conducted to support the government in protecting the right to a healthy environment; and (e) the measures that will be taken to ensure that vulnerable populations are adequately protected. 6 (1) Section 17 of the Act is amended by adding the following before subsection (2): Every person in Canada has the right to a healthy environment, which includes the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy and biodiverse ecosystem. (2) Subsection 17

House Committee

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2023
Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI)
Re. Freshwater
  • Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:00 - 12:56PM
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Royal Assent
  • June 13, 2023, 2 p.m.
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Senate Third Reading
  • June 13, 2023, 2 p.m.
  • Passed

House Motion No. 337

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2023, 3:15 p.m.
Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and to repeal the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act (recommittal to a committee)