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Phase 2
CEPA Updates
Action Alerts
Action Alert - 2nd Sign on: RCEN CEPA House of Commons submission
Deadline: January 22, 2007 at 5:00 pm EST
Send the name of your organization to Kiriaki Cocolakis
Action Alert - Send a letter to the CEPA Ministers, your MPs and the Prime Minister to include concrete commitments on the regulation of toxic substances under CEPA in the government’s upcoming environmental announcements.
Send Letter to CEPA Review Committees
The House of Commons and the Senate have begun committee hearings for the review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999).
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) is Canada’s principal piece of federal environmental protection legislation. It addresses issues that range from controlling toxic substances to public participation, biotechnology, nutrients, hazardous waste, fuel standards and vehicle emissions, international air and water pollution, disposal at sea, and other measures. The CEPA needs fixing.
The first hearings for the House of Commons and Senate committees have been to determine the scope of their review. While some key environment issues are being addressed, many issues remain to be brought to the committees’ attention.
In order for this review to show the politicians that Canadians care about CEPA and its effectiveness (or not) in dealing with pollution, toxic chemicals and ecosystems, the environmentalists who have been following the review process believe that community based activists need to write a simple letter or a longer brief to the two committees. Our voices need to be heard! The committees need to hear about the impact of pollution in your community, of your attempts to protect the environment, to get CEPA enforced, to use CEPA to control toxic pollution, to hear the stories of CEPA (for better or worse) and of real people fighting real battles against pollution. Indeed, the House of Commons committee has asked: “ To reinforce recommendations, or to help the Committee formulate its own, it would be very useful to have specific examples of the success or failure of the management of a given substance or substances.”
To help with this task, there is CEPA information posted on the Canadian Environmental Network website.
Information on the House of Commons committee review of CEPA is found on the House of Commons website.
Information on the Senate committee review of CEPA is found on the Senate website.
Contact Kiriaki Cocolakis, CEPA Coordinator for more information or to talk about your submission, tel.: (613) 728-9810 ext. 236.
Delores Broten and Anna Tilman
Co-chairs, Toxics Caucus, RCEN.
Review of Act by Parliamentary Committee:
2005-2006 (CURRENT PHASE)
According to Section 343 of CEPA, a Parliamentary Committee
must review the Act every five years after the Act comes
into force. The Committee conducts a comprehensive
review of the effectiveness of the CEPA in preventing pollution
and protecting the environment and human health and then
prepares a report to Parliament with its recommendations.
On April 5, 2005, a motion was passed in the House of Commons
making the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable
Development responsible for the review of CEPA 1999.
The identification of CEPA issues and themes is expected
to begin in the fall of 2005, with the one-year review to
follow.
A strong participation and representation from
the public (individuals and representatives of public interest
groups) before the Parliamentary Committee is all the more
crucial during this phase of the review period, particularly
since CEPA 1999 is under attack from many quarters.
ENGOs involved in pre-review discussions on CEPA strongly
encourage you to request to appear before the Parliamentary
Committee to voice your concerns and views on CEPA.
The Committee needs to hear about CEPA 1999 Review
issues!
Documentation available:
Background documents on specific topics in CEPA 1999 have
been prepared to provide guidance in preparation for the
committee hearings. The topics these documents cover
include:
Additional ENGO documents on CEPA-related
issues are:
Government of Canada (EC/HC) documents
related to Phase 2 include:
Submissions to the Parliamentary Committee include:
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Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy – Senate Submission (February 26, 2007) |
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Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia / Chemical Sensitivities Manitoba – Senate Presentation on PFCs (February 20, 2007) |
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RCEN December 2006 House of Commons Submission - Perspectives of Non-Governmental Organizations
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CELA Addendum on Virtual Elimination |
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Pollution Probe/Environmental Defense (USA) - House of Commons Submission - December 2006 |
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Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition (STORM) - House of Commons Presentation - December 12, 2006 |
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Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy - House of Commons Presentation - December 12, 2006 |
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Reach for Unbleached Foundation - House of Commons Presentation – December 4, 2006 |
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Great Lakes United - House of Commons Presentation - November 27, 2006 |
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Lake Wabamun Enhancement and Protection Association - Senate submission - November 23, 2006 |
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Lake Wabamun Enhancement and Protection Association - House of Commons submission
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Allergy and Environmental Health Association (Quebec) - House of Commons Presentation - November 6, 2006 |
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Allergy and Environmental Health Association (Quebec) - House of Commons Submission - November 6, 2006 |
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Conservation Council of New Brunswick - House of Commons Presentation - November 6, 2006 |
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Sierra Legal Defence Fund-Senate Presentation - October 31, 2006 |
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Great Lakes United - House of Commons Presentation - October 20, 2006 |
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Clean Production Action - House of Commons Presentation - October 19, 2006 |
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The Canadian Lung Association - House of Commons Presentation - October 17, 2006 |
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Learning Disabilities Association of Canada-House of Commons Submission - October 12, 2006 |
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STORM-Senate Presentation - October 5, 2006 |
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Pembina Institute - House of Commons Presentation – September 26, 2006 |
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CELA / Pollution Watch-House of Commons Presentation – September 21, 2006 |
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Chemical Sensitivities Manitoba Submission – September 2006
Support of Chemical Sensitivities Manitoba Submission – September 2006 |
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The Canadian Lung Association - House of Commons Submission - August 2006 |
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Learning Disabilities Association of Canada Submision - June 16, 2006
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CMA presentation (June 2006) |
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Pollution Probe – Senate Presentation (June 15, 2006) |
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Pollution Watch – CEPA Submission |
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STORM/RFU – Senate Presentation (June 15, 2006) |
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Stop the Hogs Coalition – Submission (June 12, 2006) |
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SLDF – Senate Presentation (June 7, 2006)
Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F |
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CEN
ENGO CEPA Review Letter to Committee Sept.05 |
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Cancer
Strategy Submission Oct.05 |
(NOTE: Additional documents will be
posted on this page during Phase 2)
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ENGO Working Session, March 24-25, 2006
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