Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for your testimony.
I am indigenous. I come from Kitamaat Village, B.C. I appreciate the comments saying that you'll look for indigenous knowledge, but to be clear, indigenous people use plastics just as much as non-indigenous people do. It's an affordability issue, and it's a safety issue when we're talking about food packaging. We've been struggling for answers to the same questions that you're posing today in terms of the marine environment, for example, for rivers and oceans. I do eat seafood four times a week still.
In saying that and in talking about affordability and the safety of food packaging that plastics provide, this question is for Ms. Rochman. Should the federal government ban single-use plastics used in food packaging and in grocery stores?