Proposed Plan of Priorities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

A joint statement from five environmental and health organizations providing recommendations on the Proposed Plan of Priorities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, urging for greater ambition in substance assessment and better integration with environmental justice frameworks.

• The signatories argue that the Proposed Plan of Priorities is not sufficiently ambitious, noting that the 33 listed groupings and substances (covering just over 500 substances) represent only a small portion of the over 25,000 hazardous substances identified through the HAWPr process.
• The organizations recommend that the government utilize 'pre-assessments' from HAWPr—which include market scans and literature reviews—to accelerate the assessment timelines within the Plan's work plan.
• The statement criticizes the handling of fluoropolymers, noting they were removed from the class-based PFAS assessment and that their proposed assessment is not scheduled to begin for another two years, which may delay risk management.
• The signatories express concern that the Plan was developed in isolation from other initiatives, specifically failing to reference or apply the Draft Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment, including elements regarding Indigenous rights and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• The document calls for the Plan to include a mechanism for prioritizing substances based on environmental injustices, intergenerational equity, and a plastics additives strategy.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (2024). Proposed Plan of Priorities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Comments-on-the-Proposed-Plan-of-Priorities-under-CEPA-Dec.-4-2024.pdf

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Proposed Plan of Priorities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. 2024. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Comments-on-the-Proposed-Plan-of-Priorities-under-CEPA-Dec.-4-2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironment2024proposed, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{Proposed Plan of Priorities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2024}, month = dec, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Comments-on-the-Proposed-Plan-of-Priorities-under-CEPA-Dec.-4-2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }