Environment committee  I think we should be brave enough and just go ahead and do what needs to be done. Yes, microplastics in the ocean are everywhere and we don't know the damage it's doing our fish. We know it's damaging, so we really have to act now and not be afraid. I want to answer Mr. Baker,

Environment committee  I'm willing to work more with you guys if you need me. I would love to send over more information and what we've done at the National Zero Waste Council. Now we're starting a new area of study and work with the industry and government. It's a coalition for plastics with the Nat

Environment committee  I wouldn't choose. I would say, do this first and then do the other one second, but do it all. You can't choose—

Environment committee  No, it wouldn't. I don't think we should mix up the two. If you go to the grocery store and see the thousands and thousands of containers of plastic there that are made with virgin plastic.... I think we have a lot of work to do together as federal and municipal governments. Ther

Environment committee  No. It is a very small angle, I would say, that you're taking to discredit the notion that we should do anything about plastics. I think we should start with bans and do things smartly; do things a step at a time, and make sure the food is safe. We could do it all. Canadians are

Environment committee  That's a big question. I didn't have enough time to think about that one. I would ban certain plastics that are not.... I know certain people can recycle number six plastics, but it takes a lot of energy to do it. There is certain really toxic stuff in number three that we shoul

Environment committee  It's not a tax. I work with PAC. I work with the industry—I mean, I'm a volunteer—and I sometimes go to their meetings just to create the standard. It's very interesting, because they want this standard. They want to be able to say within the industry, “Hey, my package is a good

Environment committee  Exactly. In Lachine, where I live, we changed the zoning because we couldn't have recycling facilities operating in Lachine. It was considered that they work with garbage. Recycling is quite new, and we need to change many laws and regulations in order to make it happen.

Environment committee  Yes. We need to keep the chain open. That's why we need to make a national standard across Canada—a national system and a national standard for labelling—because small boroughs are just too small to create the quantity we need.

Environment committee  Yes, and it will cost a fortune.

Environment committee  Extended producer responsibility is exactly that. The producers who make the brand names and the product have to take care of it all the way until the end. The onus is on them. It's not on the consumer. Do you understand? I wish I could have more time because it is such a compl

Environment committee  I'll answer. Of course, that is exactly the objective, because the environmental cost of global warming is, we know, in the billions of billions of dollars. The bottle that is made purely of recycled resin should, in the end, cost more to the consumer than one that is made parti

Environment committee  I think it's very difficult to capture straws and plastic.... There are certain things that are just not...especially take-out containers. I mean, you throw them out; you don't take them home with you. At least if they were made out of recycled content and used first.... I don't

Environment committee  The more plastic is dirtied—and I'm sure Tony would know better—the harder it is to recycle. The purer something is, the easier it is to recycle. If it's soiled, it's a problem. I know our recycling system more than the B.C. one, but I was very happy to go to B.C. and to discove

Environment committee  It takes a lot of courage, I think, but it's billions of dollars, and I know the provincial government also gives billions of dollars, not just in direct subsidies to the oil industry but also to build new factories for virgin plastic products. A recent one was built in Alberta,