News articles published by the Standards Council of Canada are listed below.
News
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2002/11/07The Standards Council (SCC) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) with the aim of establishing a mutual confidence between the province's regulatory framework and the SCC's voluntary, third-party...
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2002/11/07A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Standards Council of Canada was signed November 7, 2002 in Toronto, Ontario. The agreement recognizes the strengths of each organization and demonstrates their commitment to co-operate in...
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2002/10/29Canada is one of a number of OECD countries to have requested a broad review by the OECD of its regulatory practices and reforms. In their report, the OECD presents an overall picture, set within a macroeconomic context, of regulatory achievements and challenges including the...
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2002/10/24Allan Rock, Minister of Industry responsible for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), has announced the appointment of Charles Cipolla and David MacKinnon to the SCC Governing Council.
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2002/10/14The Standards Council of Canada celebrates World Standards Day with the release of a special issue of Consensus magazine. The issue focuses on innovation and technology, featuring articles that highlight the power of standards in action. "It is an opportunity to celebrate...
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2002/10/09A new terminology standard from ISO is expected to help users of the ISO 14000 series of standards save time and money and, at the same time, avoid any ambiguity in environmental management terminology.
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2002/10/02A new International Standard that provides a system for assigning a unique international identification code to the world's languages is expected to bring benefits to libraries, information centres, indexing and abstracting services, archives and publishers.
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2002/09/24The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) today announced the reappointment of Mr. Hugh Krentz to the position of Chair of the SCC. "Hugh Krentz has a strong reputation within the Canadian standards community and the work of the Standards Council of Canada and the National...