Translation of "Participate in the development a new food product " (English → French) :

6. Reiterates the utmost importance of the rule of law for the development of the country and for the credibility of the state institutions in the eyes of citizens; welcomes, to this end, the increased activity shown by the government and parliament in preparing and adopting the requisite legislation; underlines however the importance of public participation in the development of new legislation and its effective implementation in order for progress to be visible to the citizens;

6. Reiterates the utmost importance of the rule of law for the development of the country and for the credibility of the state institutions in the eyes of citizens; welcomes, to this end, the increased activity shown by the government and parliament in preparing and adopting the requisite legislation; underlines however the importance of public participation in the development of new legislation and its effective implementation in order for progress to be visible to the citizens;

6. Reiterates the utmost importance of the rule of law for the development of the country and for the credibility of the state institutions in the eyes of citizens; welcomes, to this end, the increased activity shown by the government and parliament in preparing and adopting the requisite legislation; underlines however the importance of public participation in the development of new legislation and its effective implementation in order for progress to be visible to the citizens;

(Return tabled) Question No. 8 Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis: With respect to the government’s actions to detect, prevent and treat Lyme disease in Canada: (a) by what standard is the accuracy of Lyme disease testing conducted at the National Microbiological Laboratories evaluated; (b) when was the most recent independent evaluation of the proficiency of this testing conducted, by whom and what were the results; (c) what are the current criteria for determining whether a geographical area is deemed to be endemic for Lyme-infected ticks; (d) what is the projected schedule of field study with regard to such endemic areas; (e) with respect to the recommendations of the National Conference on Lyme Disease hosted by the Public Health Agency of Can ...[+++]ada (PHAC) in March 2006, (i) have the committees to develop new guidelines on surveillance, clinical and laboratory criteria been formed and, if so, when have they met, (ii) what stakeholder groups have participated in the development of new guidelines, what form has that participation taken, and when did it occur; (f) what is the government's strategy to protect canadians from the increase in incidents of Lyme disease anticipated by PHAC; (g) what is PHAC's strategy to increase (i) physicians' and other health professionals' awareness of the symptoms of Lyme disease, (ii) the canadian public's awareness of the symptoms of Lyme disease; (h) what measures has the PHAC taken in conjunction with provincial health authorities to increase professional and public awareness; (i) what are PHAC's measurable targets for the future increase of awareness and diagnostic accuracy of Lyme disease; (j) does Health Canada recommend the screening of blood for Lyme disease or co-infections such as babesiosis, as done in the United States and, if not, why not; and (k) what research projects into lyme borelia and tick-borne co-infections, their epidemiology, their possible role in the occurence of other diseases, and their treatment are current ...

As for partnering with government, CCGD would be pleased to participate in the development of new claims for identifying products that are 100% Canadian content, as well as new claims to identify products processed in Canada with both Canadian and imported ingredients.

Developing a new Food and Drugs Act was initially part of Health Canada’s health protection legislative renewal exercise, which was started in 1998 to address “shortcomings in Health Canada’s legislative basis for health protection” (1) Initially, it was thought that the legislative renewal would culminate in a new Canada Health Protection Act, which, in addition to an amended Food and Drugs Act, would have incorporated an updated Quarantine Act, Hazardous Products Act, and Radiation ...[+++]Emitting Devices Act.