New legislation proposed to keep unsafe products off shelves

OTTAWA - Health Canada is banking on 45 more inspectors stationed across the country to help keep unsafe consumer products off store shelves as part of a new regime outlined in proposed product-safety legislation tabled on Thursday.

Leona Aglukkaq reintroduced the Consumer Product Safety Act to replace a "very old" 40-year-old law after a similar bill died when parliamentary business was suspended last month.A woman browses through a cosmetics store. During one retail blitz, Canadian...

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