CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION
Registration:
9
of
86
(2008-12-15
to
2009-01-15)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Discussed possible funding for a new standard on cisterns for portable water with Health canada, Agriculture Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs.
- Funding from Health Canada for the Product Safety Project Committee
- Funding from Public Works and Government Services Canada for development of blast standard.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Discussion on possible assistance to federal government for protocol development process. Discussion regarding contract funding.
- Discussion regarding proposal on the Integrated design process with Natural Resources Canada
- Submission of preliminary proposal to members of the Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation - Occupational Safety and Health Subcommittee (CAALL-OSH) Federal/Provincial/Territorial (F/P/T) including Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) for next 2 year agreement for support of Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards.
- Upadate on status of Nano proposal with Industry Canada
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Discussion regarding upcoming meeting with Industry Canada regarding the future of the Privacy Code and changes to the federal legislation.
Policies or Program
- At Health Canada's request, providing information on CSA's standards development process for possible assistance for the development of a national heat advisory system.
- Communication regarding committee structure with Industry Canada confirming its interest in participating in the Project Committee for Product Safety, for which Canadian Standards Association is the secretariat.
- Conference call with Health Canada, re: Product Safety- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Committee on Consumer Policy (COPOLCO) Project Committee.
- Discussion with the Competition Bureau of future workshops and Seminars to cover the contents of the International Organization for Standardization 14021 guidance document that was developed and the topic of 2 seminars that Canadian Standards Association delivered with the Competition Bureau.
- Discussions regarding the development of a risk managment framework with Treasury Board with and potential alignment with Canadian Standards Association work in progress in risk management.