Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all of our witnesses for the work they do for Canadians. It's quite good to have you here.
Ms. Ryan, in your remarks you said:
...an export permit is required for the export of plastic waste subject to the convention from Canada to a Basel party. This is a concrete and effective mechanism to ensure that exports of plastic waste covered by the convention take place only if the consent of the importing country has been obtained.
A huge issue is that the United States is obviously not a Basel party, and thus the U.S. could be used as an export loophole to avoid the rules.
Many members have raised questions. We talked about The New York Times piece. Are you not worried?