moved for leave to introduce Bill C-255, an act respecting the beverage containers.
Mr. Speaker, the purpose of this bill is to provide for a minimum deposit on all beverage containers made in whole or in part of plastic, metal or glass and that contain beverages for the purpose of sale.
The purpose of the bill is to ensure that these containers are not thrown by the roadsides and into the countryside of Canada, and to keep our environment cleaner. A deposit system will achieve that.
I am pleased to introduce this bill, which I had introduced not in the previous session but in the previous Parliament.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)