Share your thoughts: Proposed Plan of Priorities
Current status: Open
On October 5, 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada published a Notice of the publication of the proposed Plan of Priorities (the Plan) under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 158, No. 40. The proposed Plan is open for input until December 4, 2024.
Comments received will be considered in finalizing the Plan, which will be published by June 13, 2025.
Background
On June 13, 2023, Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (now S.C. 2023, c. 12), which significantly amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), became law. The amended Act now requires the Ministers of the Environment and of Health to develop, consult on and publish a Plan of Priorities with timelines, setting out a multi-year, integrated plan for the assessment of substances as well as other activities that support the management of substances. The Plan will be published no later than June 13, 2025, and will be reviewed within eight years of its publication, and every eight years after that.
The Plan will specify:
- the substances to which the Ministers are satisfied priority should be given in assessing whether they are toxic or capable of becoming toxic;
- activities or initiatives in relation to assessing, controlling or otherwise managing the risks to the environment or to human health posed by substances that are or will be undertaken under an Act of Parliament for whose administration either Minister is responsible and which the Ministers are of the opinion should be prioritized; and
- activities or initiatives to promote the development and timely incorporation of scientifically justified alternative methods and strategies in the testing and assessment of substances to replace, reduce or refine the use of vertebrate animals.
Privacy Act Notice Statement
The personal information is collected under the authority of subsection 7(1) of the Financial Administration Act and section 5 of the Department of the Environment Act.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is seeking your comments on its Proposed Plan of Priorities 2024. The comments received will be considered when developing the final version of the Plan. Your participation and decision to provide comments is voluntary.
The personal information created, held or collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada is protected under the Privacy Act. The information you provide will be used, disclosed and retained in accordance with the conditions listed in the Personal Information Bank Outreach Activities PSU 938.
Any questions or comments regarding this privacy notice may be directed to Environment and Climate Change Canada's Access to Information and Privacy Division at ECATIP-ECAIPRP@ec.gc.ca. If you are not satisfied that we have adequately respected your privacy, you have a right to file a complaint. You may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by calling their information center at 1-800-282-1376 or by visiting their contact page.
Join in: How to participate
You are invited to review and submit your comments on the proposed Plan of Priorities.
Please include “Proposed Plan of Priorities 2024” in the subject line of your email or document.
Send an email with your ideas or comments to make yourself heard using the contact information below.
Send a letter with your ideas and input to the address in contact information below.
Any person who provides information to the Minister of the Environment may request that it be treated as confidential under section 313 of CEPA. The request for confidentiality must be accompanied by reasons taking into account the criteria set out in paragraphs 20(1)(a) to (d) of the Access to Information Act.
Who is the focus of this consultation
We would like to hear from:
- Indigenous Peoples
- General public
- Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors, formulators and users and their trade associations
- Disposers and recyclers
- Consumer advocacy groups
- Non-governmental health or environmental organizations
- Academic professionals
Useful information
Implementing the modernized Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 - Canada.ca
Contact us
Email: substances@ec.gc.ca
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Place Vincent Massey, 351 St. Joseph Blvd
Gatineau, QC K1A 0H3
By telephone
Telephone: 1-800-567-1999 (in Canada) or 819-938-3232 (outside of Canada)
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