I'm echoing everything that my colleagues have said here and also adding that ongoing monitoring as part of a strategic marine debris management plan is essential for us to get a better understanding of the threats that are facing our coastline from marine debris, part of that being container cargo spills.
It's absolutely unconscionable that these pre-consumer items, items that have been created and never used, are being dumped wholesale into our oceans and left for communities to clean up. Ongoing monitoring and a strategic plan that engages first nations, the BC Marine Debris Working Group and coastal communities to address this issue and implement upstream solutions, including extended producer responsibility, are essential for moving forward.