PCN Policy Submissions

Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Government of Canada
April 22, 2024
Bill S-5 amended CEPA to include the "RIght to a Healthy Environment." This consultation addressed implementation of this new "right."

Pollution prevention, reduction, and accountability in Canada’s Biodiversity Strategy

Canadian Biodiversity Strategy re. Milestone Document
February 9, 2024
Addressing pesticides and non-ionizing radiation per the Convention on Biological Diversity

Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act for 2022 and Beyond

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, Parliament of Canada
November 4, 2022
The Right to a Healthy Environment will only be realised if CEPA is amended to enable the best choices to be made regarding substances and technologies. Permitting everything that slips...

Followup of Bill S-5 NGO testimony to ENVI

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
November 28, 2022
Protecting human and environmental health requires recognizing characteristics of hazardous chemicals and mechanisms of toxicity. The list prescribed in CEPA, is decades old. We discusses how increases in chronic diseases...

Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation investigation belongs in CEPA

The Senate of Canada, Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
June 27, 2022
Federal civil servants stated that other legislation meant that environmental data collection and research on environmental protection against radiofrequency radiation is unnecessary. Our investigation confirms that there is NO environmental...

Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Bill S-5) for 2022 and Beyond

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
April 29, 2022

Protect Birds, Bees and Trees: Include Anthropogenic Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation in Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Amendments

Government of Canada, Canadian Senate
April 7, 2022

Fragrances and Health: Input to Health Canada About Cosmetic Regulations

Health Canada
August 15, 2021
Fragrances are mixtures of thousands of possible chemicals. These chemicals may interfere with hormone actions, cause allergies and chemical sensitivities, affect the nervous system and contribute to cancers. Fragrances have...

Advancing Bill C-28 — Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)

Hon. Pablo Rodriguez, P.C., M.P., Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
May 20, 2021

Bisphenol Substitutes Technical Consultation

Environment and Climate Change Canada
February 17, 2021