Sweeping "new" proposed consumer product safety legislation.

On January 29, 2009, the federal government again proposed the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA), this time as Bill C-6. The CCPSA was first proposed by the Harper government in April 2008, following several high profile recalls and concerns about the health and safety risks of consumer products imported and/or sold in Canada. Bill C-52, as it was known then, died when the Canadian federal election was called in the fall of 2008. (For additional background information on Bill C-52, see our May 2008 Blakes Bulletin on Life Sciences, and our August 2008 Blakes Bulletin on International Trade.)