Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As always, my thanks to the witnesses today for your helpful evidence.
I am going to direct most of my questions to you, Mr. Goeres. The reason for doing so is that I have developed an interest in extended producer responsibility and I'm aware of the good work your group is doing in that area. I'm hoping that you can give me some further details. I really only have four questions for you.
The first is this. The way it's working right now, every province is working on its own extended producer responsibility program, stewardship and otherwise. Why doesn't the Government of Canada simply legislate and regulate extended producer responsibility across the country? Or to put it another way, are there barriers or advantages to working in the collaborative manner that the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment is pursuing?