Bill C-326
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First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018 |
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An Act to amend the Department of Health Act (drinking water guidelines)
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Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Health as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on April 18, 2018
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Mr. Scarpaleggia |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Department of Health Act to require the Minister of Health to identify any foreign government or international agency that, in the Minister’s opinion, has standards or guidelines respecting the quality of drinking water that should be compared to those that are being developed in Canada. Every fiscal year, the Minister shall publish the results of the comparison of various aspects of those standards or guidelines.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-326 |
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An Act to amend the Department of Health Act (drinking water guidelines) |
Preamble
Whereas it is essential that drinking water in Canada be of the highest quality;
Whereas the Government of Canada recognizes that national guidelines respecting drinking water are required to ensure such quality;
Whereas the main responsibility of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water is to protect the quality of drinking water in Canada, including by developing and maintaining national guidelines;
And whereas the Minister of Health acknowledges the need for the national guidelines to be in keeping with the highest international standards respecting drinking water;
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1996, c. 8
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Foreign government or international agency
Start of inserted block5.1 (1) The Minister shall identify any foreign government or international agency that, in the Minister’s opinion, has standards or guidelines respecting the quality of drinking water that should be compared to the guidelines respecting the quality of drinking water that are being developed in Canada.
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Start of inserted block(2) The Minister shall review the standards or guidelines respecting the quality of drinking water established by any foreign government or international agency identified under subsection (1) to determine which aspects of those standards or guidelines shall be compared to the guidelines respecting the quality of drinking water that are being developed in Canada. The Minister shall then perform the appropriate comparison.
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Start of inserted block(3) The Minister shall, during each fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, publish the results of the comparison.
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Start of inserted block2 This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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