Absolutely.
First of all, I'd like to, through the chair, thank the MP for the very thoughtful question. When we look at the market and the need for feedstock—recycled plastic—for our recycling facilities, the opportunity to keep the borders open and not restrict flow between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico and including it, whether it be in trade agreements....
Ultimately what we'd like to see as a sector is that this isn't a waste but a resource, so we're looking at resource recovery. Looking at trading post-use plastic as a feedstock or as a resource would be extremely helpful as we look at trying to build the economies of scale that we need to support investment in Canada. We know we have a lot of really valuable innovations taking place from a recycling perspective in Canada, and the ability to draw from the U.S., likely starting close to the Canada-U.S. border, would be beneficial.
We need to keep in mind that one of the challenges we have with the transportation of plastic waste is that it's usually fairly light, so you have high transportation costs and greenhouse gas emissions associated with that. As we look at trying to keep the borders open for trade and keep the flow of this new post-use plastic resource open, any agreements we can put in place would be helpful.
Thank you.