Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Obviously, thank you to the department for being before this committee.
I want to raise a few points that have been said at this committee. I understand there have been goals set on plastics, and I know for a fact that no decisions have been made; rather, there have been objectives set out. I believe somewhere we can balance the need to protect our fish stocks so our commercial fisheries can continue on fishing and can continue feeding Canadians, because we know microplastics are killing marine life. We understand the need to prevent food waste by using products such as plastics.
I also want to confirm that there have been many cases where governments have moved forward on CG I and have pulled back because they've heard some comments from industry. I wanted to inform the other side of this particular process.
I want to chat about AgriRecovery, because it's been raised on multiple occasions.
Mr. Perron and others mentioned AgriRecovery.
Sometimes we get the impression that because a province sends a letter, it's automatically approved. I want to confirm this: When the province wants to trigger AgriRecovery, who does the analysis for this? Is it just a yea or nay from the federal government, or does it involve other partners such as the provincial governments?