On May 16, 2016, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change provided the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development with a discussion paper outlining topics to be addressed as part of the upcoming comprehensive review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999).

Topics include:

• reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; 
• protecting Canadians from toxic substances and living organisms; 
• new substances and activities; 
• preventing water pollution from nutrients; 
• preventing marine pollution; 
• preventing pollution from the transboundary movement of hazardous waste and hazardous recyclable material; 
• preventing and responding to emergencies; 
• supporting environmental protection related to federal activities and on federal and Aboriginal lands; 
• updating regulation-making provisions; improving information gathering provisions; 
• strengthening enforcement; facilitating intergovernmental cooperation; and encouraging public participation and removing administrative barriers.