Question to PS van Koeverden on Modernizing CEPA

Thank you to PS van Koeverden for answering my question in the House of Commons on the government’s progress in modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

✔︎ Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act

Bill

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

Vote

Yea.

Rationale

The Act amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to promote alignment with the growing number of jurisdictions seeking to replace, reduce, or refine animal testing; protect subpopulations that may be more susceptible or highly exposed to harmful substances and take cumulative effects into account.

Passed.

Bill Status

Royal Assent received