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TORONTO and OTTAWA, June 9

Canadians get another chance for improved consumer product safety

TORONTO and OTTAWA, June 9 /CNW/ - The Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association and Environmental Defence welcome today’s reintroduction of the proposed Canada Consumer Product Safety Act into the House of Commons. The proposed Act is an update to the 40-year old outdated Hazardous Products Act.

“This is great news for anyone who cares about product safety and protecting the health and welfare of Canadians,” said Dr. Rick Smith, Executive Director, Environmental Defence. “It’s high time pest control Toronto, Canada caught up with places like the United States and Europe in protecting its citizens.”

The European Union and the United States currently have laws that enable their governments to make mandatory product recalls and to order product safety tests, but Canada does not. Here, recalls are only made by companies voluntarily.

“The health and safety of Canadians is the priority for all CCSPA members and we support the swift passage of this legislation,” said Shannon Coombs, President of the Canadian Toronto pest control Association. “Canada needs the tools to be able to rapidly respond to dangerous consumer products in the marketplace and this legislation will allow that to happen.”

After passing unanimously in the House of Commons last summer, the proposed Act met opposition in the Senate and changes were made. The changes, which weakened the proposed Act, were never reviewed by the House of Commons because Parliament was prorogued. A commitment to reintroduce the proposed Act was made in the March 3, 2010 Throne Speech, with Canadians’ health and safety being identified as priorities.

“We are pleased to see this commitment of reintroduction fulfilled and look forward to working with all parties to see the proposed legislation become law,” said Smith.
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Super Hosting Blue Ribbon Commission holds public hearing, will issue findings next Wednesday on economic, social, environmental costs of automaker’s proposal to close award-winning NUMMI plant in Fremont

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ — A 10-member panel of California leaders convened by State Treasurer Bill Lockyer held a public hearing in San Francisco today to gather facts and take testimony from a broad range of experts on the expected impact of Toyota’s planned shutdown of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. – or NUMMI – auto plant in Fremont. The plant has consistently won top ratings from J.D. Powers and is widely regarded as a model for the auto industry.

A shutdown of NUMMI would be the largest mass layoff in the current recession, and the prospect of having to endure the loss of potentially tens of thousands more managed care nursing jobs in the plant itself and related industries has spurred broad concern throughout the state. The Blue Ribbon Commission has been charged with both collecting the facts on the impact of closing NUMMI and examining alternatives for keeping the plant in operation.

Lockyer explained, “Californians are deeply concerned about how the loss of this plant might affect their economy, their state and their lives, and it is the job of this Commission to help find the answers to those questions. It is a testament to the quality of leaders on this panel that they have been more than willing to take up this challenge. I have asked the panel, and they have agreed, to gather and assess the facts and to have a report on my desk by next Wednesday morning so that I can share it with the public at noon.”

Acclaimed actor Danny Glover, who serves on the Commission, echoed those sentiments when he said, “lvn jobs california – religious, civic, labor, and business – have come together on this Commission to determine for ourselves if the closing of Toyota’s California plant is necessary, to assess the severity of the impact that would follow such a closing, and, if possible, to explore strategies that might make it possible to avoid a shutdown. It is an honor to have been asked to serve my state in this serious and important matter.”

Some economic experts have projected that Toyota’s impending NUMMI shutdown could cost the state – already one of the hardest-hit by unemployment during this recession – as many as 50,000 more lvn jobs in los angeles. That figure includes the more than 5,000 now employed at the plant itself and an estimated 50,000 more in related industries up and down the state. In anticipation of the closure, some companies that supply the plant with parts and material have already announced layoff plans.

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