Thank you.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
I'm going to start with Mr. Merante from Oceana.
You were commenting on what we have in Canada, the cross we have to bear, if you will. We have a federal system where the federal government is responsible for certain things and the provinces for others. Often, there's a lot of overlap. In a big project like this, getting rid of plastics in the environment, everybody has to be pulling in the same direction, as they say, and working together. There has to be that co-operation.
Every province has its own regulations. I'm from British Columbia, where, for instance, every beverage container of any sort.... If you buy something that's ready to drink, whether it's four gallons or 10 millilitres, you have to pay a recycling fee. You get money when you bring it back. Naturally, all that stuff is pretty much recycled in British Columbia. I know it's different in other provinces. I remember my kids picking up a ton of cans and stuff on the beaches of Newfoundland and being disappointed at how little they got.
Can you comment on that whole system, and what kind of co-operation there is? Is there a real effort now to move in the same direction?