The Law WHMIS 1988 – Where it began.
To make WHMIS a reality in Canada, amendments were needed to change the current laws. This was achieved by means of two separate packages of amendments, one was passed by the Parliament of Canada (Federal) and the other was passed by the Ontario legislature (Provincial).
The Federal Law Package was called Bill C-70. Bill C-70 was passed on June 30, 1987, but took effect on October 31, 1988.
It created the Hazardous Product Act, the controlled products regulation, the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act and amended the Canada Labour Code.
The Provincial Law Package – for Ontario – was contained in Bill-79. It applies WHMIS to all non-Federal Workplaces in Ontario by amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act and by adding special WHMIS regulations to it. These changes took effect on October 31, 1988. It created the Hazardous Physical
Agents Regulation, the WHMIS Regulation and the Inventory Regulation.
All Provinces and Territories of Canada passed similar bills in order to apply WHMIS standards consistently across Canada. PAN-CANADIAN