Thank you so much, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for appearing.
Ms. Seaman, in the brief that the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada submitted to our committee, you suggest a recommendation that the federal government incentivize the increase in recycling capacity. After that, you have a whole description of advanced recycling.
At the same time, we've also received a brief from Environmental Defence. What they have said about advanced chemical recycling is that it “is an especially false solution”, that it “creates a new mix of chemicals, not plastic”, that it's “energy intensive and inefficient”, that it “produces toxic substances”, etc.
Could you perhaps respond to that criticism to give your position that advanced recycling is something that the Government of Canada should pursue through incentives?