Oh, my heavens. Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's so kind of you. The witnesses have been extraordinary and I'm very grateful for a five-minute round.
I'm going to start with Professor Curran.
As we look at moving through a circular economy and you see this as a good first step, looking at a second step I'm very concerned about the polystyrenes that are not intended as single-use products. As you will know, living in this part of the world, on southern Vancouver Island, we have a tremendous problem with debris created by products that are not durable. They're in the marine environment. I think you'll know what I'm talking about. We have sometimes polystyrenes in floats and buoys, used along wharfs, on docks and in boats. We have fleets of volunteers who try to go to our beaches to collect tiny bits, because they do get consumed by fish. They are marine debris.
I see my friend Taylor nodding.
We have some forms of “styrofoam”, to use the conventional term, already listed under CEPA, but would you think we could act at the same time to deal with non-durable plastic items that are used in a marine context?