Environment committee  Thank you. With respect to implementing the bill, we'll definitely have to look at the need to develop regulations. The average timeline, which I would say is an optimistic timeline, is two years. That is because—if we take the definitions, for example—we will need to have an in

Environment committee  Thank you very much. As written, the bill deals with final disposal and would not apply to waste that is destined for recycling. I will let you conclude how that could help with what was raised in the context of the NGO's comment, but as we understand it right now, this bill is

Environment committee  Thank you very much. In this amendment, there is new terminology that is not clear, but from what we understand, waste that is clean, exempt from contamination and single resin, which is actually now excluded from the Basel Convention, would now be covered under existing regulat

Environment committee  Thank you. The Basel Convention lists all the different operations that are considered recycling and those that are disposal. Those operations are in our regulations so we have a copy of those.

Environment committee  I can't comment on what the bill intends to do. I'm sorry.

Environment committee  It's not an incorporation by reference. Those operations are listed in the regulations. They are not listed under CEPA. I hope that helps.

Environment committee  I hope I understood the question correctly. In 2016 the regulations were amended to include, within the definition of hazardous waste, a clause that describes where, if an importing country controls or prohibits a waste, then it becomes automatically, under our regulation, haza

Environment committee  We know that the landfill capacity in Canada is put through a stretch in some areas. Currently, if waste exported to the U.S. contains some plastics that are listed in the proposed schedule 7, that would mean it could no longer travel to the U.S. That would probably put a stretch

Environment committee  Those amendments now have the effect that all plastic waste, except the very clean waste, going to a Basel party is now subject to the regulations and requires a permit prior to export. In order to have a permit, one has to obtain consent from the importing country. It's through

Environment committee  As I said before, the bill focuses on a ban for plastics destined for final disposal only. Our domestic regulation with the new Basel amendments applies to both final disposal and recycling.

Environment committee  There will be permits to the United States for waste that is not covered under the Basel Convention, that is not subject to the scope of the Basel Convention on which—

Environment committee  For hazardous waste we'll need a permit, and all the waste that will transit through the United States will also need a permit, whether it's non-hazardous or not.

Environment committee  Under the new arrangement with the United States, in order to fulfill our requirements under the Basel Convention, the plastic would move between the two borders freely, based on the understanding and arrangement that we both sign an attestation affirming that we both manage the

Environment committee  The operations are listed in the domestic regulations. They are not listed under CEPA.

Environment committee  I would say that based on our understanding of the bill, which covers only the final disposal, our legislation and legislative framework covers both final disposal and also recycling.