This is going to dramatically increase the price of food, and you are going to pass this down to the farmer.
Packaging plays an absolutely critical role in fresh produce. It protects produce during transportation and consumer handling, and it reduces food waste. We haven't even talked about how much food waste this plastics ban would actually make in this country. Plastic packaging allows for a wide range of products from across Canada and the world to travel to remote communities without significant food waste.
Again, there is no commercially viable alternative. We are part of a global supply chain, so until the rest of the world gets on board with this plastics ban, we are going to starve Canadians when two-thirds of our produce comes into this country. We can't grow two-thirds of our produce.