Let’s Fix CEPA

Thank you for taking action to let the members of the Committee for the Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) know that a strong toxics law and clear labelling of toxic product ingredients matter to you. Your direct phone call can really make a difference.

First:

● Introduce yourself as a concerned citizen.

● Let them know that you’re calling because they are a member of the ENVI committee charged with strengthening Canada’s main toxics law – the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

● Tell them why it’s important to you, your family and your community that a reformed CEPA includes action to label all harmful substances in the products we buy.

Suggested Talking Points:

● Ask them to fulfill the federal government’s overdue promise to label harmful substances in consumer products and uphold our right to know what is in the products we buy.

● Bill S-5, the CEPA reform bill, must include a legislated commitment to require strong, mandatory labelling of hazardous ingredients.

● Protecting our health and the environment means labelling all harmful substances, not just the ones most highly regulated under CEPA.

● To be effective, labelling requirements must be prioritized for classes of highly hazardous substances, whether or not the substance is listed as toxic under CEPA.

● Ask them to please strengthen Bill S-5 and let them know that now, more than ever, it is critical to protect human health and the environment.