Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to all of the witnesses for a very interesting session.
Hello, especially to Ms. McClenaghan, my old colleague from Kitchener. I'm happy to see you again. In fact, I'd like to ask you some questions, if I may, Ms. McClenaghan, because I am interested in the cradle-to-grave approach, which I think was a phrase you used.
In fact, it reminded me of another bit of evidence that we had earlier in this study regarding “extended producer responsibility”, which I took to be a kind of cradle-to-grave process. I have since discovered that in 2009 the Canadian Minister of the Environment, together with the other national ministers of the environment through the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, actually published a Canada-wide action plan for extended producer responsibility. That came out I think in October of 2009.
Would it be all right if I asked you some questions about that? I'd like to get some further details if you are familiar with it. Are you familiar enough with it to answer some questions for me?