On January 3, 2024, Health Canada released Consultation document PRO2024-01, which proposes to modernize Canada's pesticide Regulatory Program by developing ongoing surveillance measures for pesticides. The feedback period ends March 3, 2024. The main contents are as follows:

(1) The implementation of the continuous surveillance policy will shift Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) pesticide program from a point-in-time model (originally reevaluated every 15 years) to a continuous life cycle model;

(b) The ongoing and systematic collection and review of scientific information related to pesticides in Canada, including the collection of scientific literature and indigenous knowledge;

(c) Establish a national water monitoring program for pesticides, where the PMRA will determine whether a special review is warranted if levels of pesticides found in the Canadian environment exceed reference values that may pose a risk to aquatic life and human health;

Update existing methods to validate individual source product chemical information for industrial-grade active ingredients in order to prevent changes in manufacturing processes or specifications of active ingredients that may affect health or environmental risk assessments, separate from reassessments.

For more details, see 

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/consultations/regulatory-proposals/2024/continuous-oversight-pesticides-policy/document.html