WHMIS

Health Canada issued a statement on 21 October 2017 to propose an amendment to the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR), also known as the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS 2015). The amendment to the regulations would provide industry members the possibility of utilizing prescribed concentration ranges in safety data sheets...

The Government of Canada's Workplace Hazardous Materials Bureau announced on 19 May 2017 via email that compliance with the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR) or Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) will incur a one-year delay. New transition deadlines are now extended until 2018 for Phase 1 of the HPR, and additional three months have be added to comply under Phase 2 of the HPR.