Thank you.
I'm also concerned that despite the one-and-a-half billion dollars invested in the oceans protection plan, Canada's Coast Guard was unable to respond to the Zim Kingston incident to prevent the cargo containers filled with plastics and other materials from ending up in B.C. waters.
In our study of that container spill, the committee was told that these plastics and polystyrene foam are “much more insidious and have much more long-term impact than even oil”. British Columbians are very concerned about this.
To the deputy minister, the minister talks about fighting plastics pollution in the ocean protection plan, so what is being done to recover the 105 containers of plastics and polystyrene foam decomposing in B.C. waters?