Mr. Dany Drouin (Director General, Plastics and Waste Management Directorate, Department of the Environment) at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

Thank you.

There are a few points to say on this one. The transboundary movement of plastic waste is a responsibility of the federal government. The CEPA allows for issuing permits to municipalities, but to provinces and territories first, to manage the recycling and the treatment of waste, and then municipalities do the operations. That is in general how it works.

Having said that, there's a strong collaboration between all levels of government, in particular around the CCME action plan for zero plastic waste or, generally speaking, in programs by the federal government that incentivize infrastructure, for example.

Thanks.