Declaring a need for more rigorous protections for Canadian consumers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced an overhaul of Canada's antiquated product-safety laws.
It includes harsher penalties for firms that sell dangerous goods and would allow the health minister to invoke mandatory product recalls when companies fail to act on their own.
"We've all seen the stories in the news about food contaminated with bacteria, medicines containing undisclosed drugs, or children's products manufactured with lead or other hazardous substances," Harper told a news conference.
"Canadians rightly expect their national government to police the safety of consumer products."
The Hazardous Products Act, for example, hasn't been reviewed for almost 40 years, Harper said. The Food and Drugs Act has been "virtually untouched" for 50 years.
"We need to set and enforce state-of-the-art safety standards on domestic and imported goods," he said.
Most Canadian manufacturers, importers and sellers are "conscientious corporate citizens who take their responsibilities for consumer safety seriously."
"There are a few, however, which care more about the almighty dollar than the safety of their customers," Harper said. "They cut corners and play fast and loose with safety.
"To these outfits I say: Be warned, you will soon face severe punishment if you wilfully expose Canadians to danger."
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As the stories on this website prove, CGI uses their extensive government contract positions to obstruct justice and deny Canadians justice, including altering Canadians private and confidential records, as the evidence proves my health records were fraudulently altered by CGI. And further CGI have extensive contracts with Justice Canada who choose the judges in this country and with provincial justice departments, including Alberta Justice, which gives them significant power and influence over insurance claims filed in Canadian courts, including power over court and discovery transcripts and improper influence with the judges as the undeniable evidence in our case proves, so what good does improving laws do when the government has allowed CGI to corrupt the courts so Canadians can't get justice when they have been hurt or injured or suffered losses...it's all a scam to deceive Canadians into believing they are taking care of them when the evidence proves they are not.
If you don't believe me I invite you to read the stories about our case on this site written by Robin Mathews who has seen a great deal of the evidence relating to our case and it convinced him to write the stories he has written and much more. Or contact me and I will provide anyone that is interested with the evidence proving the information in the story above is meaningless because of the corruption involved with CGI that the indisputable evidence proves Harper and at least many of his minister's are involved in.
Harper has proven himself to have absolutely no integrity at all, and anyone who would say otherwise is either in denial, lying or seriously uninformed...he's without question seriously corrupt, and the fact that he would further lie to Canadians in this way, as his relationship with Michael Fortier who is involved with the corruption relating to CGI proves, to further attempt to deceive Canadians when the evidence proves he knows about CGI and the corruption relating to their involvement with his government is truly and seriously disgraceful. Harper and his government have proven they don't give a damn about me, a single mother, or my 2 children, and the horrific injustice that has been done to us by CGI, a Canadian corporation...so it cannot be believed he or his government give a damn about any Canadian citizen that doesn't serve his personal and corrupt interests.
Sincerely,
Kelly Marie Richard
I think it's a step in the right direction. Considering the laws haven't really been examined and altered in any meaningful way in over 30 years it's long over due.
I think it's a step in the right direction. Considering the laws haven't really been examined and altered in any meaningful way in over 30 years it's long over due.
Ahh, I see. It's an "electioneering" thing is it? So I guess that's why all the opposition parties are supporting it and not trying to add their own amendments to it? For such a useless bill it's sure getting an awful lot of support. Or maybe the opposition is just electioneering too? I guess that makes them just as guilty of trying to fish for votes as your implying Harper is.
BTW, "support" does not guarantee a good bill. I would like to see methodology, rather than just "feel good" stuff.