Current consultations

Here you will find a list of Health Canada's current consultation activities.Select the title of a Health Canada consultation to access the information we provide on it and to learn how you can participate. Please return often as new consultations are added as they occur.

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Consultative Committee for English-Speaking Minority Communities
This committee has ongoing meetings with Health Canada to assist and advise the Minister of Health on issues relating to the Government of Canada's mandate regarding health to develop English-speaking minority communities and foster their growth.

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water: Guideline Technical Document on Chlorine in Drinking Water for public comment
Health Canada, as secretariat to the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water is posting the Guideline Technical Document on Chlorine in Drinking Water for a 2-month consultation process.

Proposed Corded Window Covering Products Regulations
This initiative is intended to protect Canadian children against the strangulation hazard posed by corded window coverings.

Health Products and Food Branch Consultations on Cost Recovery Framework
The Health Products and Food Branch is consulting on its revised cost recovery framework, which covers fees for the regulation, licencing, and post market surveillance of drugs, medical devices and natural health products.

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Consultation with Laser equipment Stakeholders on amendments to the actual Laser Regulations under the Radiation Emitting Devices Act
A summary of the intended changes to the actual obsolete Laser Regulations was sent in the form of a letter to Canadian Laser equipment Stakeholders for comments.

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Stakeholder consultation on scientific criteria document for elemental mercury (Hg⁰)
To engage selected stakeholders for review of Health Canada draft document Scientific Criteria Document for Mercury Vapour (Hg⁰): Establishing a Reference Exposure Level (REL) for Risk Assessment for Hg⁰ Exposures in Canada and solicit their written comments.

Consultation on Draft Guidance Document: Food Directorate's Management of Pre-Market Submissions
In line with Health Canada's Regulatory Modernization Strategy for Food and Nutrition Initiative, the Food Directorate is reviewing its approach to pre-market reviews of novel food, food additive, and infant formula submissions with the aim of improving timeliness, predictability, transparency and responsiveness.

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Consultation on Proposed Regulations for Intentional Ozone Generators
The purpose of this consultation activity is to provide you with information concerning an initiative that relates to the safety of residential intentional ozone generators and to solicit your input with respect to Health Canada's proposal to regulate the output of ozone from these devices to 0.05 ppm.

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Stakeholder Feedback via the Progressive Licensing Framework Website
Health Canada is committed to the modernization of the drug regulatory system. Our vision is a progressive regulatory framework based on sound science and risk management that supports timely access to promising new pharmaceuticals and biologics.

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Online Consultation on the Policy and Regulatory Review of the Special Access Programme (SAP) - Phase 2: Issue Validation
The purpose of the SAP is to provide limited access to drugs that cannot otherwise be sold or distributed in Canada. Authorization for access is provided to practitioners treating patients with serious or life-threatening conditions when conventional therapies have failed, are unsuitable, unavailable or offer limited options.

Online consultation with external stakeholders on the identification of Health Canada science needs for the Health Canada Science and Technology Strategy
As a central element in the development of the Health Canada Science & Technology Strategy, the department is consulting a wide range of external stakeholders regarding its science needs.

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Veterinary Drugs Directorate's consultation with stakeholders on the proposed draft definition of a Veterinary Natural Health Product
The Veterinary Drugs Directorate (VDD) plans to launch a three month web-based consultation on the draft definition of Veterinary Natural Health Products (vNHP) beginning August 3, 2007, as a necessary step in the development of an appropriate regulatory framework for vNHPs.