Welcome, members and witnesses, to meeting number 27 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, November 2, the committee is meeting on its study of single-use plastics.
For the benefit of the witnesses—because the members are quite familiar with this—the witnesses will have five minutes to present. When they're not speaking, they should put themselves on mute. After the presentations, we'll have multiple rounds of questions. If you could direct your comments and answers through the chair, that would be appreciated.
Today, from the City of Montréal, we have Maja Vodanovic, mayor of the borough of Lachine, but also a member, I believe, of the advisory committee of the zero plastics group. From Merlin Plastics, we have Tony Moucachen, president and chief executive officer. From the Retail Council of Canada, we have Mr. Philippe Cantin, senior director, sustainability innovation and circular economy.
I'll just go by the order here. We'll start with Ms. Vodanovic for five minutes, please.