(Return tabled) Question No. 845 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to children’s health and the environment: (a) what action has the government undertaken to integrate children’s environmental health into existing public health programs; (b) what specific action is the government undertaking to advocate for the consideration and assessment of hazardous environmental influences on children’s health and development, (i) in Canada, (ii) internationally; (c) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise the political profile of children’s environmental health, (i) locally, (ii) regionally, (iii) nationally; (d) in relation to its contaminated sites, (i) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise awareness about ch ...[+++]ildren’s environmental health, (ii) what are all contaminated sites where action has been taken to raise awareness, (iii) what was the risk; (iv) what was the action taken; (e) what are all government activities focused on children’s environmental health; (f) what are all existing government activities focused on prevention of environmental exposures aimed at protecting children's health; (g) what governmental action has been undertaken to prevent (i) pre-conception, prenatal, and childhood exposures, (ii) air, consumer products, food, soil/dust, water, and other physical environmental exposures, (iii) biological, chemical, and physical hazards; (h) how has the government taken children's vulnerabilities into account in developing environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards; (i) what targeted environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards have already been put in place to protect children's health, and what policies, regulations, and standards are currently under consideration; (j) what action is being undertaken by the government to measure the extent to which pregnant women and their babies are exposed to common environmental chemicals, and what health risks, if any, are associated with th ...

(Return tabled) Question No. 152 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the development of unconventional gas resources, including shale, tight and coal bed methane, and its possible impacts on the environment: (a) what, if any, research has the government undertaken regarding the development of unconventional gas resources, (i) what was the scope of this research in the areas of, but not limited to, air quality, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem impacts, economic impacts, occupational risks, public safety concerns, and seismic risks, (ii) what, if any, resources did the government provide for this research, (iii) what, if any, ...[+++]process was established to ensure the independence of the researchers, their research, and their findings, (iv) what, if any, case studies were considered as a part of this research, (v) what, if any, scenarios regarding the development of unconventional gas resources were developed as frameworks for the research, (vi) what economic, environmental and social impacts were identified by this research, (vii) what, if any, priority research areas were identified for further study as a result of this research, (viii) what, if any, departments were involved in this research, (ix) what, if any, action was undertaken to ensure inter-departmental cooperation throughout the research process, (x) what, if any, gaps or weaknesses in the regulatory framework did the research identify; (b) what, if any, research has the government undertaken regarding balancing shale gas' potential contribution to energy security with environmental risks; (c) what are the sources of greenhouse gas emissions associated with unconventional gas; (d) has the government developed a process to determine the overall carbon footprint of shale gas throughout the life cycle of natural gas use, if not, why not, and, if so, (i) what federal departments are involved in this process, (ii) how does the government ensure inter-departmental collaboration on this process, (iii) what is the p ...

for use in connection with the development, production, handling, operation, maintenance, storage, detection, identification or dissemination of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, or the development, production, maintenance or storage of missiles capable of delivering such weapons.

In addition to Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention, concerning the PIC procedure properly so called, the Council and the interveners refer more particularly, in that connection, to the provisions concerning notification of national regulatory action intended to ban or severely restrict chemicals (Article 5), the procedure to be followed for listing chemicals in Annex III to the Convention or to remove them (Articles 7 to 9), the rules on the labelling of such products (Article 13), the exchange of information of all kinds on chemical ...[+++]s covered by the Convention (Article 14), the creation or strengthening of infrastructures and of national institutions in order to apply the Convention effectively, in particular by setting up registers and databases containing information on the safety of chemicals (Article 15) and technical assistance to be given to developing countries and countries with economies in transition (Article 16).

VI-Transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms PAGEREF _Toc13296716 \h VISOIL PROTECTION Council conclusions PAGEREF _Toc13296717 \h VIBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Council conclusions PAGEREF _Toc13296718 \h VIIIPACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE PAGEREF _Toc13296719 \h XIMAJOR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES REVISION OF "SEVESO II" DIRECTIVE PAGEREF _Toc13296720 \h XIENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY PAGEREF _Toc13296721 \h XISUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REINFORCEMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S STRUCTURES PAGEREF _Toc13296722 \h XIISUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATION OF THE JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT PAGEREF _Toc13296723 \h XIICLIMATE CHANGE - KYOTO ...[+++]PROTOCOL PAGEREF _Toc13296724 \h XIIICLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION ALLOWANCE TRADING PAGEREF _Toc13296725 \h XIIITRACEABILITY AND LABELLING OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS PAGEREF _Toc13296726 \h XIVDANGEROUS CHEMICALS-Ratification of the Rotterdam Convention PAGEREF _Toc13296727 \h XIV-Trade in hazardous chemicals PAGEREF _Toc13296728 \h XIVOTHER BUSINESS-Clean technologies for diesel-engined cars PAGEREF _Toc13296729 \h XV-Chemicals policy PAGEREF _Toc13296730 \h XV-National sustainable development strategies PAGEREF _Toc13296731 \h XV-Production of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the European Union PAGEREF _Toc13296732 \h XV-Coexistence of genetically modified, traditional and organic crops PAGEREF _Toc13296733 \h XV-Integrated product policy PAGEREF _Toc13296734 \h XV-Climate change Legislation on fluorinated gases PAGEREF _Toc13296735 \h XVIITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATEEXTERNAL RELATIONS--EU Liechtenstein relations Conclusions PAGEREF _Toc13296736 \h XVI--Afghanistan Appointment of the new Special Representative of the European Union PAGEREF _Toc13296737 \h XVI--FYROM Extension of the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union PAGEREF _Toc13296738 \h XVI--Angola PAGEREF _Toc13296739 \h XVIIRELATIONS WITH ACP STATES--ACP-EC Council of Ministers (Punta Cana, 28 June 2002) PAGEREF _Toc13296 ...

I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak to Bill C-87, an act to implement the convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction. It is the enabling legislation for the chemical weapons convention which Canada signed in 1993.