Environment committee  That's a very good question. When you look at certain places in the city of Vancouver, they've introduced accessibility aspects by just requiring businesses to have those items on hand if a customer asks for them and is clearly in need of the item for an accessibility reason. Th

Environment committee  As I mentioned earlier, it's very difficult to tell what the costs impact would be. Definitely, when there's less volume of a material on the market, the cost is more expensive, but that's something I would have to look into further to let you know if this would have a major impa

Environment committee  That's what I mentioned to your colleague earlier, when I talked about the interactions with Agriculture Canada requirements. They're not necessarily moving at the same pace when it comes to adjusting the requirements. Most of the reason certain companies are going with plastic

Environment committee  Are you referring to the CFIA requirements?

Environment committee  If there is an implementation period of one full year between the moment the ban is announced and it's effective, then yes, that would be essentially what we're asking. I think we're reiterating that to make sure the message is heard, especially for smaller businesses that tend t

Environment committee  We haven't had studies per se on that. We've asked members to look at what the price differences were, but the market has been adapting quite quickly. There are lots of new materials that are alternatives to plastic that have been introduced on the market. As a result, the prices

Environment committee  We were consulted, yes. I think we had multiple meetings on that, so we can say we were consulted. The interaction with CFIA's food safety standards requirements is important to take into consideration, because sometimes requirements introduced by the government might hinder some

Environment committee  Since I'm the sustainability person, I can't say I'm as well versed on food safety as some of my colleagues would be, so I couldn't answer your question in terms of whether our members welcome the food safety requirements, but I know this has been part of the discussions we've ha

Environment committee  Are you talking about our website?

Environment committee  I will try to send the report to the committee members.

Environment committee  I think we agree that these six items are toxic. The problem is that we're talking about manufactured plastic items, and that category includes many more items than these six that people are suggesting be banned. On these six items, I agree with you. Based on the criteria used,

Environment committee  I can't comment on how the government manages the budget. I can say, however, that we certainly need more support and incentives for a green economy. We need it to create more packaging in line with the circular economy principle.

Environment committee  Definitely. I think the extended producer responsibility, as Maja mentioned earlier, is also one of the key components to success in a federal approach to that. Recognizing that there are provincial areas of jurisdiction, it's really important to make sure that the federal govern

Environment committee  That's correct.

Environment committee  We need to kick-start a circular economy by making sure there's a really good basis for the material that we collect for recycling. Recycle content standards—incremental standards to ensure the market has the capacity to absorb changes over time—would be the key for that. At th