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Members

Co-Chairs:

  • George Enei, Director General
    Science and Risk Assessment Directorate, Environment Canada
  • Karen Lloyd, Director General
    Safe Environments Directorate, Health Canada

Members:

  • Shannon Coombs, President
    Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association
    Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association is a national trade association representing the consumer, industrial and institutional specialty products industry.
  • Bruce Cran, President
    Consumers' Association of Canada
    The Consumers' Association of Canada has a mandate to inform and educate consumers on marketplace issues, to advocate for consumers with government and industry, and work with government and industry to solve marketplace problems in the areas of food, health, trade, standards, financial services, communications industries and other marketplace issues as they emerge.
  • Fe de Leon, Researcher
    Canadian Environmental Law Association (member organization delegated by the Canadian Environmental Network)
    The Canadian Environmental Law Association is a non-profit, public interest organization working through existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. CELA is also a legal advisory clinic for the public and provides legal representation to citizens and citizens' groups that are unable to afford legal assistance.
  • Peter Forristal, Manager
    Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals Division
    Representing the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers that are leading a sectoral approach to address petroleum streams under the Chemicals Management Plan.
  • Diane Goulet, National Representative
    Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (Canadian Labour Congress Delegate)
    Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada represents workers from many sectors of society and places a high emphasis on the health and safety of its workers.
  • Amardeep Khosla, Executive Director
    CEPA Industry Coordinating Group
    CEPA ICG is an industry advocacy group made up of 24 industry associations interested in the impacts of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act on new and existing substances.
  • Soha Kneen, Senior Researcher
    Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
    ITK represents approximately 41,000 Inuit living in 55 communities within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut and is the national voice of the Inuit in Canada.
  • Gordon Lloyd, Vice-President, Technical Affairs
    Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
    Chemistry Industry Association of Canada is the national trade association representing 70 Canadian chemical manufacturers.
  • Keith Mussar, Food and Environmental Regulatory Consultant
    Food and Consumer Products of Canada
    Food and Consumer Products of Canada is the largest association in Canada representing the food and consumer products industry. FCPC members' brands are sold through grocery, drug, convenience, mass merchandise and foodservice distribution channels. The industry employs 300,000 Canadians, making it one of the largest employers in Canada's manufacturing sector.
  • Darrin Noble, General Manager
    Home Hardware Paint and Home Products
    Home Hardware Stores Limited is a Dealer-owned, Canadian company that retails hardware, housewares, hand and power tools, plumbing and electrical supplies, paint and painting supplies, sporting goods, automotive and farm supplies as well as home furnishings including major appliances.
  • Mary Richardson, Chair
    Crooked Creek Conservancy Society of Athabasca (CCCSA) (member organization delegated by the Canadian Environmental Network [RCEN])
    CCCSA is certified as an Environment Canada Ecogift Land Trust. It also conducts public nature and conservation awareness and educational programs and a variety of related natural history and biophysical inventory projects. It seeks to increase public awareness of our Boreal natural heritage and to encourage citizens to protect our public and private landscapes.
  • Fred Ruf, Principle Consultant, Outsourcing Services Inc.
    Canadian Public Health Association
    The Canadian Public Health Association is a national association representing public health in Canada with links to the international public health community.
  • Donald Sharp, Senior Policy Analyst
    Assembly of First Nations
    The Assembly of First Nations is a national aboriginal advocacy organization representing over 630 First Nations in their relationship with the Crown and people of Canada, as manifested in treaties and other historical documents.
  • Pat Van Horne, Legislative Representative
    United Steelworkers (Canadian Labour Congress Delegate)
    United Steelworkers, the largest industrial union in North America with over 850,000 members, represents 280,000 members working throughout all sectors of the Canadian economy.
  • Robin Walker, Member, Board of Directors
    Canadian Institute of Child Health
    CICH is a national charitable organization dedicated to improving the health of children and youth in Canada.