Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Before I ask my first question, I would like to come back to this study, which we conducted a while ago. We did that before the summer break, a period during which we worked in our constituencies. I am trying to find a quote from one of our witnesses. I will have found it by the next meeting. That witness mentioned that Canada had one of the worst track records in the world when it comes to waste management.
That struck me even though, at first, I was wondering why we were studying this issue rather than Arctic pollution or GHGs, for instance. But given this information, I figured this study may be relevant.
Mr. Blecher, you talked about a number of issues, and I would like to go back to one of them.
Of course, waste management comes under municipal and provincial jurisdictions, but it is also a federal responsibility.
What are the most important measures the federal government, within its jurisdiction, should implement to improve the situation in terms of waste and health quality? As you said, the environment and health are closely inter-related.