Thank you for the question.
You know, I appreciate that with the federal government there's a lot of movement right now on CEPA, a lot of attention towards CEPA. The reality is that it is not hopelessly, but significantly, out of date.
It was enacted. There were a number of substances put on the list. There has been a lot of conversation in the public sphere about how that list has not been updated; how, in Europe, a lot of very different things are happening around substances of concern and giving direction to industry about what is acceptable to be used in countries.
Does the proposal, then, for a very tiny amount of plastics to be put on the list go far enough? I'm always interested in seeing a solid start and then [Technical difficulty--Editor], as long as the federal government and you are comfortable that this start then allows a way to actually achieve the plan you've set out for yourselves. Then it's a test or it starts out in a very small way. The federal government could go a lot further, but given industry concerns and the amount of attention to this, it's a bit challenging for you, because CEPA is receiving attention separate from what this committee is looking into. How those two initiatives around plastics themselves go forward will need to be coordinated as well with the amendments to CEPA.
In my view, it doesn't go far enough. I will put that statement. In the view of the Environmental Law Centre, it doesn't go far enough, but starting is very important. There's a certain inertia to starting.