Lianne Rood at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 15th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 15th, 2024 / 11:15 a.m.

Conservative

Lianne Rood Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, witnesses, for being here today.

Mr. Lemaire, you touched on plastics a little bit. We've heard that the new plastic ban is going to cost grocery retailers at least $6 billion. I'm just wondering if you could tell us how that figure may have been arrived at. How would the loss of plastics affect packaging costs?

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