Environment committee  I have a couple of questions. First, you said that “In support of the charter, Canada committed $100 million to support the development of plastic waste solutions in developing countries.” I think that is quite admirable. Are you able to give Canadians a figure, or some kind of

Environment committee  Please do if you could, because in the end, money tells Canadians a lot about how focused we are or aren't on a particular problem. That would be great. With your being a long-time public servant, I would like to think that the committee is in partnership with you to realize a b

Environment committee  Does anybody want to deal with the three billion cigarette butts? Did I get that number right? It was an early—

Environment committee  Yes. It's a serious problem. You just have to step outside to see how much of a problem it is. If any of you come up with any recommendations or solutions for dealing with cigarette butts, I would love to hear them at some point.

Environment committee  We heard from several witnesses that getting plastics listed under CEPA would probably be the quickest way to move forward. Would you have something by June?

Environment committee  How far away might we be from getting plastics actually listed under CEPA, timewise? Are we months away? Are we years away?

Environment committee  Can the committee's recommendations help to speed that process up?

Environment committee  Related to that, I'm trying to understand the relationship between free trade agreements. I asked several witnesses in the industry if they knew what percentage of plastics in Canada come from outside the country initially, and nobody could answer that question. There are so ma

Environment committee  If it's listed under CEPA, then it could or would ultimately influence the kinds of plastics that are allowed into Canada. As you know, there are many, many different kinds of plastics, and some are of more concern than others.

Environment committee  Yesterday I took a bike ride over into Quebec. The flooding that's going on there is tragic. All along the way, it was tragic, with all of the flooded areas and plastics floating everywhere in that water. Obviously, we need to work on changing behaviours. Here I'm wondering whe

Environment committee  Thank you, and it's good to see some familiar faces. My first question will be pretty specific. You may need to get back to me on it. On June 7, 2018, we heard that Environmental Defence submitted a request for single-use plastics to be added to the priority substance list, whic

Environment committee  Very quickly, for FCM, as a former mayor of Cranbrook, I very much appreciate the work that you do. If you haven't already done so, if you could send us some of the best examples you see across the country of municipalities dealing with plastic recycling, that would be great—pe

Environment committee  My question is for Ms. Chile. I've heard from other witnesses that perhaps we should not be dealing in biodegradable or compostable plastics at all. What's your view on that? The theory is that we shouldn't produce them at all if they can't be recycled or reused, and that compos

Environment committee  So, it's led by the municipality.

Environment committee  It's currently led by municipalities, but do you think that there's potentially a role for the federal government in terms of banning recyclables' going into landfills?