Modernizing Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999, healthy environment for all

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Ottawa – The Government of Canada is taking steps to implement the modernized Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), which recognizes in its preamble that every individual in Canada has a right to a healthy environment as provided under CEPA. It also strengthens Canada’s chemicals management regime and increases transparency in the way it is administered. Through the strengthening of CEPA, …