Bill C-329: An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (asbestos)

Cover Summary BILL C-329 SCHEDULE First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-329 An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (asbestos) FIRST READING, December 7, 2016 Mr. Ouellette 421156 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to prohibit the manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale or import of certain toxic substances that cause significant danger to the environment or to human life or health. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-329 An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (asbestos) 1999, c. 33 Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1 The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 is amended by adding the following after section 94: Prohibited Substances Toxic substances 94.‍1 No person shall manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale or import a toxic substance listed in Schedule 2.‍1 or a product containing it, unless the toxic substance is incidentally present. Additions and deletions 94.‍2 The Ministers may, by order, add to Schedule 2.‍1 a substance specified on the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1, if they believe that doing so is required to deal with a significant danger to the environment or to human life or health, or delete any substance from Schedule 2.‍1. 2 Paragraph 272(1)‍(c) of the Act is replaced by the following: (c) contravenes a prohibition imposed under subsection 82(1) or (2), paragraph 84(1)‍(b), section 94.‍1, subsection 107(1) or (2), paragraph 109(1)‍(b) or subsection 186(1) or 225(4); 3 The Act is amended by adding, after Schedule 2, Schedule 2.‍1 set out in the schedule to this Act. SCHEDULE  (Section 3) SCHEDULE 2.‍1  (Sections 94.‍1 and 94.‍2) Prohibited Substances Item Toxic Substances 1. Asbestos