Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2019-02-05 18:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Arif Virani (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and to the Minister of Democratic Institutions, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Arif Virani (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Justice et procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Canada et de la ministre des Institutions d\u00e9mocratiques, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5762025\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I am happy to respond to comments made by the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"213914\" href=\"/politicians/sheri-benson/\" title=\"Sheri Benson\">Saskatoon West</a> regarding asbestos. This is clearly an important issue, and her advocacy on this issue is important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762026\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the environment and safeguarding the health of Canadians from toxic substances. That is clear. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762027\" data-originallang=\"en\">The government recognizes that asbestos can cause life-threatening diseases and is proud to have taken action by banning asbestos and products containing asbestos. These regulations prohibit the import, sale and use of asbestos, as well as the manufacture, import, sale and use of asbestos-containing products, with a limited number of exclusions. Those were highlighted by the member for <a data-HoCid=\"213914\" href=\"/politicians/sheri-benson/\" title=\"Sheri Benson\">Saskatoon West</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762028\" data-originallang=\"en\">These new regulations, along with existing provincial controls, will prohibit activities using asbestos mining residues that could pose health risks. During the development of the regulations that are now in place, the department held consultations with a wide variety of stakeholders, including industry, non-governmental groups, labour organizations, health and safety institutes, and provincial ministries and agencies. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762029\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member can be assured that all the information and comments received in response to the proposed regulations were taken into consideration in the development of the final workup of the regulations. Through these consultations I just mentioned, it was determined, for example, that the Quebec government has controls in place to manage the risks associated with the use of asbestos mining residues. In addition, there are numerous regulations in place across Canada to protect the health and safety of all workers, including those working with asbestos mining residues. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762030\" data-originallang=\"en\">While the new regulations do not generally apply to asbestos mining residues, they do prohibit certain activities, including the sale of asbestos mining residues for use in construction and landscaping, unless authorized by the province in which the construction or landscaping occurs. The regulations also prohibit the use of asbestos mining residues to manufacture a product that contains asbestos. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762031\" data-originallang=\"en\">Allowing the extraction of valuable metals, such as magnesium, from asbestos mining residues is an important economic opportunity. Furthermore, allowing the use of asbestos mining residues for the rehabilitation of former mine sites will lead to a reduction in asbestos mining residues over time.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5762025\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je suis heureux de r\u00e9pondre aux observations de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"213914\" href=\"/politicians/sheri-benson/\" title=\"Sheri Benson\">Saskatoon-Ouest</a> concernant l'amiante. Manifestement, il s'agit d'une question importante et les efforts infatigables de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e dans ce dossier sont cruciaux. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762026\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement du Canada est d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger l'environnement et la sant\u00e9 des Canadiens contre les substances toxiques. Cela ne fait aucun doute.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762027\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement reconna\u00eet que l'amiante peut entra\u00eener des maladies graves et est fier d'avoir pris des mesures \u00e0 cet effet en interdisant l'amiante et tous les produits contenant de l'amiante. La r\u00e9glementation interdit l'importation, la vente et l'utilisation d'amiante, ainsi que la fabrication, l'importation, la vente et l'utilisation de produits contenant de l'amiante, sauf dans un nombre limit\u00e9 de circonstances. Ces derni\u00e8res ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es par la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"213914\" href=\"/politicians/sheri-benson/\" title=\"Sheri Benson\">Saskatoon-Ouest</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762028\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette nouvelle r\u00e9glementation, en plus des mesures de contr\u00f4le provinciales en vigueur, interdira les activit\u00e9s utilisant des r\u00e9sidus miniers d'amiante qui pourraient poser des risques pour la sant\u00e9. Pendant l'\u00e9laboration du r\u00e8glement en question, le minist\u00e8re a men\u00e9 des consultations aupr\u00e8s d'un large \u00e9ventail d'intervenants, notamment des repr\u00e9sentants de l'industrie, des groupes non gouvernementaux, des organisations syndicales, des organismes en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9 et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, ainsi que des agences et des minist\u00e8res provinciaux. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762029\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e peut \u00eatre certaine que toute l'information et tous les commentaires re\u00e7us \u00e0 propos du projet de r\u00e8glement ont \u00e9clair\u00e9 l'\u00e9tablissement de la version finale. Dans le cadre des consultations que je viens de mentionner, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9termin\u00e9, par exemple, que le gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec dispose de mesures de contr\u00f4le pour g\u00e9rer les risques associ\u00e9s \u00e0 l'utilisation des r\u00e9sidus miniers d'amiante. De plus, de nombreux r\u00e8glements sont en vigueur au Canada pour prot\u00e9ger la sant\u00e9 et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de tous les travailleurs, y compris ceux qui sont en contact avec ces r\u00e9sidus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762030\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est vrai que le nouveau r\u00e8glement ne s'applique pas, de fa\u00e7on g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, aux r\u00e9sidus miniers d'amiante. Toutefois, il pr\u00e9voit certaines interdictions, notamment la vente de r\u00e9sidus miniers d'amiante pour utilisation dans des projets de construction ou d'am\u00e9nagement paysager, \u00e0 moins d'une autorisation de la province o\u00f9 le projet doit \u00eatre r\u00e9alis\u00e9. Le r\u00e8glement interdit \u00e9galement l'utilisation de r\u00e9sidus miniers d'amiante pour fabriquer un produit qui contient de l'amiante.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5762031\" data-originallang=\"en\">Permettre l'extraction de m\u00e9taux pr\u00e9cieux, comme le magn\u00e9sium, \u00e0 partir de r\u00e9sidus miniers d'amiante ouvre des perspectives \u00e9conomiques importantes. De plus, autoriser l'utilisation de ces r\u00e9sidus pour la r\u00e9habilitation de sites miniers entra\u00eenera une r\u00e9duction de la quantit\u00e9 des r\u00e9sidus au fil du temps.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/2/5/arif-virani-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/arif-virani/",
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    "source_id": "10476646",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
        "fr": "Motion D'Ajournement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Asbestos",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/2/5/",
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