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Plastic is now considered toxic in Canada due to its environmental harm, but ending the plastic pollution crisis remains a huge challenge. Photo by Max Liboiron
Plastic may now be considered toxic under Canada’s environmental law, but the hard work of reducing plastic use and improving recycling still lies ahead.
This week’s decision to list plastic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act’s toxic substances list opens the door to bans and other rules that the federal government says will eliminate plastic waste by 2040.
It’s a monumental task: Canadians generate about 3.3 million tonnes of plastic waste each year and over 90 per cent of it ends up in landfills, according to a 2019 study commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Only nine per cent about 305,000 tonnes is recycled.
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At committee: Violent extremism and election-law changes By Kady O Malley. Published on May 12, 2021 6:30am Committees meet today. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos scheduled for one-hour appearances before their respective home committees:
ENVIRONMENT and
Over at
PUBLIC SAFETY, MPs launch a Liberal-initiated probe of “ideologically motivated violent extremism” with back-to-back briefings from senior officials at the
Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Communications Security Establishment, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. (3:30 – 5:30 PM)
Meanwhile,
VETERANS AFFAIRS take a closer look at veteran service dogs and
FISHERIES AND OCEANS wraps up witness testimony on the state of the Pacific Salmon. (3:30 – 5:30 PM)
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iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on May 11, 2021 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss the pandemic during a press conference later this morning. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
In what has quietly and unofficially become a standing Tuesday morning ritual,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the precinct to “address Canadians on the COVID-19 situation” before opening the floor for both pandemic- and non-pandemic-related questions from the assembled media. (11:30 AM)
Joining him for the briefing session:
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who will likely be invited to respond to a recent Facebook posting by
Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu that suggested the “federal Liberals,” along with “the NDP (and) the media … were looking for and want … a disaster on our hands,” as well as