Compliance with the Pest Control Products Act

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Sonia Roussel
Chief of Compliance
Compliance and Regional Operations Section
Compliance Laboratory Services and Regional Operations Directorate

Overview of Presentation

• Who we are
• What is compliance
• What is our role
• How do we achieve our role
• Next steps & future directions

Compliance Organization

• HQ (Ottawa)
• Regional Operations
  • Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia
• Lab Services (Ottawa)
  • Chemical Analysis (Inspections, Investigations, Legal Samples)

Reasons for Non-Compliance

• Knowledge
• Capacity
• Will

Our Role

• Promote
• Verify
• Enforce
  Compliance with the PCPA and Regulations
  GOAL: To achieve and maintain compliance

Compliance Policy

• Based on three Guiding Principles
  • Transparency
  • Fairness
  • Risk Management
• Regulatory Directive DIR2007-02 available on PMRA website (www.pmra-arla.gc.ca)

Conformity Continuum

For General applications

• Publications: Information bulletins, enforcement guidelines, annual reports, news releases, discussion papers, reports and pamphlet series.
• Communication: Speeches, seminars, trade shows, web sites, media contacts and videos.
• Advocacy: Interventions, representations, policy development, liaison, partnerships and research.
• Monitoring: Information centre, pre-notification, targeted inspections, marketplace contacts, practitioner contacts and consultations.

For Specific applications

• Voluntary compliance: Advisory opinions, pre-market assessment, advance ruling certificates, corporate compliance programs and voluntary codes.
• Suasion: Information contacts, information letters, warning letters and compliance meetings.
• Consent: Negotiated settlements, consent orders, consent prohibition orders, undertakings, corrective notices and voluntary product recalls.
• Adversarial: Prosecutions, tribunal applications, product seizures, contested prohibition orders and injunctions

Compliance Activities

• Inspections and investigations
• National Pesticide Compliance Program (NPCP)
  • Types of programs:
    • Monitoring
    • Surveillance
    • Partnership
    • Stakeholder engagement

Compliance Toolbox

• Promotion
• Enforcement Letter
• Compliance Order
• AMP
• Prosecution

Next Steps & Future Directions

• Prevent unacceptable risks to people and the environment
• Increased Transparency
• Partnership and Stakeholder Engagement