Plastics industry bracing for toxics listing this spring yorktonthisweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorktonthisweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A group representing plastics manufacturers says it still expects the federal government to list some items as toxic this spring, despite the environment minister’s careful words on the matter at committee.
The comments from the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC), which represents over 100 plastic manufacturers, come after an exchange Wednesday over the issue during the House of Commons environment committee between Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and two opposition MPs.
During the meeting, both Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux and NDP MP Laurel Collins tried unsuccessfully to get Wilkinson to confirm if the government was still committed to adding plastic manufactured items to the list of toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), as it had proposed doing in October 2020.
The federal government will spend more than $40 million of carbon tax revenue to make Ontario schools more energy efficient, the environment minister announced Wednesday.