{"time": "2015-03-24 11:15:00", "attribution": {"en": "Ms. Megan Leslie", "fr": "Mme Megan Leslie"}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4022470\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I wish I could turn the floor over to my colleague for a 10-minute speech, because she is a real expert in this area. She knows about the gaps that we have in our approvals, whether it is via Health Canada or Environment Canada, and the way we test products and pharmaceuticals even, and the impacts that has downstream.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4022471\" data-originallang=\"en\">We need to close some of these gaps. I do not know the full history with this product, but I know there was testing on whether these microbeads would do damage to my precious skin. However, where is the testing that needs to be done down the line? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4022472\" data-originallang=\"en\">We talk about downstream effects. This is literally downstream. What happens downstream when these tiny pieces of plastic are ingested? How can there be that big a hole in our regulatory process that we do not take this into account when we know it will go directly into the drain; from face to drain? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4022473\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is a huge problem and we need to address it. It involves not only Health Canada but Environment Canada as well.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4022470\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais bien pouvoir donner la parole \u00e0 ma coll\u00e8gue pour qu'elle prononce un discours de 10 minutes, car elle est une v\u00e9ritable experte en la mati\u00e8re. Elle conna\u00eet les lacunes dans nos processus d'approbation, que ce soit \u00e0 Sant\u00e9 Canada ou \u00e0 Environnement Canada, les m\u00e9thodes utilis\u00e9es pour tester les produits et les m\u00e9dicaments, ainsi que les cons\u00e9quences de ces lacunes en aval.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4022471\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons combler certaines de ces lacunes. Je ne connais pas l'historique complet de ce produit, mais je sais que les microbilles ont fait l'objet de tests pour d\u00e9terminer les torts qu'elles pourraient causer \u00e0 ma peau pr\u00e9cieuse. Cependant, o\u00f9 sont les tests qui doivent \u00eatre effectu\u00e9s plus tard?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4022472\" data-originallang=\"en\">On parle des effets en aval. C'est bel et bien le cas. Que se passe-t-il en aval lorsque ces minuscules morceaux de plastique sont ing\u00e9r\u00e9s? Comment peut-il exister une si grande lacune dans notre processus r\u00e9glementaire quand on sait que ce produit passera directement du visage aux \u00e9gouts?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4022473\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le probl\u00e8me est colossal, et nous devons y faire face. La responsabilit\u00e9 incombe non seulement \u00e0 Sant\u00e9 Canada, mais aussi \u00e0 Environnement Canada.</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2015/3/24/megan-leslie-3/", "politician_url": "/politicians/megan-leslie/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1099/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "8620739", "h1": {"en": "Government Orders", "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"}, "h2": {"en": "Business of Supply", "fr": "Travaux des subsides"}, "h3": {"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Environmental impacts of microbeads", "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 L'incidence des microbilles sur l'environnement"}, "document_url": "/debates/2015/3/24/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F3%2F24%2F"}}