Feds Seeks to Again Boost Product Safety Laws

(Montreal Gazette – Amy Minsky, Canwest News Service)

The Harper government will soon reintroduce a product safety bill giving it the power to issue recalls only months after a similar bill died in Parliament over political infighting between the Conservatives and Liberals.

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq made the announcement Monday after touring part of Health Canada’s product safety laboratory in Ottawa, where she looked through recently recalled baby walkers, playpens and jewelry containing high levels of lead.

The new bill, expected to be tabled Wednesday, will also require that companies begin to report safety-related incidents to the government. Read more here.