National Standards of Canada Public Consultation

We Want to Hear from you
nous voulons de vos nouvelles

pLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO get started
https://www.hrso-onrh.org/you-and-hrso/public-consultation-on-draft-national-standards/
https://www.hrso-onrh.org/francais/vous-et-onrh/consultation-publique-sur-les-projets-de-normes-nationales/
Email Notification
NOTIfication OF PUBLIC CONSULtation AVIS DE CONSULTATION PUBLIQUE

Alternate Format
An audio version of the draft National Standard of Canada is available upon request. To request this version, please email community@cf4aass.org.
A password and a page link to download the draft audio file will be provided. To submit content-related comments, please respond to this same email message.
Direct Access
To access the audio file directly, please use the following link https://orionhra.egnyte.com/dl/Ozp2Cnv3Ly The password is 9KxR4rvdyTpE
In either case, please email content-related comments to community@cf4aass.org. This link will expire on July 16th.

Thank you to HRSO for sponsoring the audio version of the draft NSC. With Appreciation! The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services (CFAS)

National Standards of Canada (NSC) and Why They are Needed
AAS is a rapidly growing highly fragmented industry sector and competitive marketplace. AAS is not regulated by the public sector. NSC can help to ensure a consistent level of quality, consumer involvement and satisfaction, the health and welfare of the animals, and public safety while cultivating a national credibility chain.

Benefits of Developing, Using, or Referring to National Standards of Canada (NSC)
The benefits of developing, using, or referring to NSC include, but are not limited to:
-safeguarding consumer and human rights to improve quality of life and in this instance the health and welfare of the animals involved in the delivery of AAS,
-promoting healthy competition in the marketplace, and innovation across Canada, while exploring the prospects of a fair and adaptable co-regulatory environment through stakeholder engagement, and
-providing a consistent and unambiguous means to educate a wide spectrum of interested stakeholders.

Steps that involve the development of an NSC:

commence the process by working with a Standards Council of Canada (SCC) accredited Standards Development Organization(SDO);
identify the need for the standard and the potential beneficiaries;
review the current situation;
notify the public when the project is launched;
form a Technical Committee (TC) comprised of interested stakeholders to draft the NSC;
host a 60-day public consultation;
the SDO compiles comments received during the public consultation phase to review with the TC;
the review process ensures that comments have been heard and considered before finalizing the NSC,
the TC votes and approves the NSC and the SDO then submits the document to the SCC for a final review to prompt publication of the NSC; and
ongoing maintenance of the NSC.

For more information about NSCs and this initiative please visit https://www.cf4aass.org/notices-of-intent.html.