Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Let me say I'm very happy to be joining this committee. As the mayor of the town of Newmarket, as a regional representative, and now at this level, I've had the opportunity to experience what this whole process is about, from the municipal level to the regional level. One thing I find extremely surprising is that all the initiatives are cascading down from the producers, through the extended producer responsibility program, but there doesn't seem to be any leverage there.
What are we doing to encourage stronger activism on the consumer side? For example, how do you think the retailers would react if the consumers had an opportunity to bring back all of the containers that their merchandise was in? That would create the pressure on the retail side and push it back up to the suppliers. What are your thoughts on that?