Environment committee  As we mentioned, it's a tool in the tool box. We would welcome harmonization through federal actions, for sure, but it's one item in the tool box. It needs to be put together with other actions as well.

Environment committee  I don't think it was related to legislation. I think it was the business model of that recycler to be next to the landfill, right?

Environment committee  That is correct. Metro Vancouver and the City of Calgary have extensive landfill bans on recyclables.

Environment committee  Yes, for fibres: paper and cardboard.

Environment committee  I was just going to add that this could actually help retailers as well in their discussions with their suppliers. They're the importers in many cases. When there's an EPR framework, they're the producers that are responsible under the framework. Having stricter regulations that

Environment committee  I think all of the different action items you mentioned are definitely in the scope of the federal government, except maybe for level of collection rates and setting up, say, EPR structures. Those are really provincial regulations. I think—

Environment committee  Correct.

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. I think when it comes to looking at the material—you mentioned recyclability, recycled content, toxicity, even education and awareness about the material, about plastics, R and D, upgrading the facilities—all of these are areas where the federal government defini

Environment committee  Sure. No problem. Waste management is definitely an issue that is both municipal and provincial. The regulatory framework right now is designed in a very linear way. When we're talking about the economy and linear economy, everything is such that basically you produce something,

Environment committee  Yes, indeed. The most harmonized approach would consist in implementing Canada-wide standards. In that case, we feel that the government should look at what is being done in the United States or in certain American states and ensure that Canadian standards are in line with the ma

Environment committee  When it comes to standards on recycled content, we are in favour of increasing the use of recycled content in packaging products, when that is feasible. Increasing recycled content will also develop secondary markets of materials collected to be turned into new packaging products

Environment committee  When it comes to federal actions to facilitate recycling, we think that the government's role could be to contribute to the success of provincial programs by reducing cost disparities between landfill and recycling—landfill is currently all too often the least expensive method in

Environment committee  Plastics reduction is truly a global challenge. We know that plastics also have a role to play, if they are properly and appropriately managed. We think that Canada is well-positioned, thanks to its recycling infrastructure, to accept the challenge. From retailers' point of view