Consultation

• Current Consultations in the Canada Gazette
• Government of Canada Consultation Portal

Your comments and input play an important part in Canada's regulatory process. Do you have an opinion on the types of controls that should be put in place to safeguard the environment, the foods you eat, or the drugs you buy? These are just some of the many regulations that affect the daily lives of Canadians.

The Regulatory Policy requires that federal departments and agencies demonstrate that Canadians have been consulted and that they have had an opportunity to participate in developing or modifying regulations and regulatory programmes.

Pre-publication in Part I of the Canada Gazette gives various interested groups and individuals, as well as Canadians in general, a final opportunity to review and comment on a proposed regulation at the last stages of the regulation-making process, before it is enacted and published in Part II of the Canada Gazette.

Pre-publication also gives interested parties, those stakeholders previously consulted at the beginning of the regulatory process, the opportunity to see how the final draft proposal is in keeping with previous consultation drafts.

Current Consultations in the Canada Gazette

The following contains a list of the current proposed regulations about which you are invited to send your comments:

Department of the Environment and Department of Health
Proposed Regulations: Order Adding a Toxic Substance to Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Number of days for comments: 60 days (February 27, 2010 to April 28, 2010)
Contact: Mark Burgham

Department of Health
Proposed Regulations: Order Amending Schedule I to the Hazardous Products Act (Surface Coating Materials)
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Number of days for comments: 75 days (February 27, 2010 to May 13, 2010)
Contact: Chad Tibbo

Department of Health
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Surface Coating Materials Regulations
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Number of days for comments: 75 days (February 27, 2010 to May 13, 2010)
Contact: Chad Tibbo

Department of Transport
Proposed Regulations: Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Services Zone Regulations
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Number of days for comments: 30 days (February 27, 2010 to March 29, 2010)
Contact: Robert Turner

Department of Transport
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention — Standard 114)
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Number of days for comments: 75 days (February 27, 2010 to May 13, 2010)
Contact: Denis Brault

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Administered and Enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, February 6, 2010
Number of days for comments: 75 days (February 6, 2010 to April 22, 2010)
Contact: Luc Mougeot

You can access more Government of Canada consultations through the Government of Canada Consultation Portal. This Consultation Portal focuses on providing a list of links to departmental consultation activities and to related information.