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Consultations
Health Canada recognizes that one of the key challenges in governance today is meaningful public involvement in policy and programme development, service delivery, and legislative and regulatory initiatives. Canadians are better educated and informed than ever before, and they expect to have a say in public policy decision-making. On this page, you will find an overview of current public consultations in which you can take part, and you can find out about past consultations as well.
What Information is Available
This section provides information on consultation opportunities going on in the area of Environmental and Workplace Health.
Air Quality
Health Canada seeks to address the risk to health posed by indoor and outdoor air pollutants.
Comments should be forwarded to the Air Quality Divisions. For our records, and in order to contact you should we require any clarification of the comments, we ask that you include your name, affiliation, email address or telephone number.
Learn more about our commitment to your privacy.
Current Consultations
There are currently no consultations.
Past Consultations
2011
2010
2009
- Proposed Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline for Carbon Monoxide
- Proposed Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline for Ozone
2008
Existing Substances
Health Canada is responsible for the assessment of potential risks to human health posed by existing substances in Canada under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). The Existing Substances Division conducts this work within Health Canada.
Comments should be forwarded to the Existing Substances Division. For our records, and in order to contact you should we require any clarification of the comments, we ask that you include your name, affiliation, email address or telephone number.
Learn more about our commitment to your privacy.
Current Consultations
There are currently no consultations.
Past Consultations
2005
Mammography
Comments should be forwarded to the Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau. For our records, and in order to contact you should we require any clarification of the comments, we ask that you include your name, affiliation, email address or telephone number.
Learn more about our commitment to your privacy.
Current Consultations
2011
Radon
Health Canada's Radiation Protection Bureau has a mandate to promote and protect the health of Canadians by assessing and managing the risks posed by radiation exposure in living, working and recreational environments. Through research we assess health risks and impacts of ionizing radiation, such as radon.
Comments should be forwarded to the Radiation Protection Bureau. For our records, and in order to contact you should we require any clarification of the comments, we ask that you include your name, affiliation, email address or telephone number.
Learn more about our commitment to your privacy.
Current Consultations
There are currently no consultations.
Past Consultations
2007
2006
Water Quality
Comments should be forwarded to the Water Quality Divisions. For our records, and in order to contact you, should we require any clarification of the comments, we ask that you include your name, affiliation, email address or telephone number.
Learn more about our commitment to your privacy.
Following each consultation, a letter summarizing the comments received and how they have been addressed will be posted along with the final document.
Current Consultations
Past Consultations
Past consultation documents are available upon request. Please forward requests to the Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau and be sure to include the title of the consultation document you are requesting.
2011
- Guidance on the use of Heterotrophic Plate Counts in Canadian Drinking Water Supplies
- Enteric Protozoa: Giardia and Cryptosporidium
2010
- Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water: Guideline Technical Document on Dichloromethane in Drinking Water for public comment
- N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in Drinking Water - Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
- Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water: Guideline Technical Document on Enteric Viruses in Drinking Water for public comment
2009
- Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality
- Carbon Tetrachloride in Drinking Water - Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
- Fluoride in Drinking Water - Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
- 2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA) in Drinking Water - Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (June 2009)
2007
- 2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA) in Drinking Water (Closed 2007)
- Benzene in Drinking Water
- Canadian Guidelines for Household Reclaimed Water for Use in Toilet and Urinal Flushing - Draft Document for Consultation
- Chlorine
- Corrosion Control in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
- Potassium in Drinking Water
2006
2005
Information on other consultation activities occuring throughout Health Canada are available in the Departmental Public Involvement section.
