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{
"time": "2026-06-11 12:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Anthony Merante",
"fr": "Anthony Merante"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9447684\" data-originallang=\"en\"> It is available in English and French, so I can share it after this. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9447685\" data-originallang=\"en\">The main findings showed that over half of Canada's plastic pollution came from single-use plastics. The major sources of that single-use plastic pollution came from Horeca, which is a common term for hospitality, restaurants and catering. Major retail and grocery outlets, beverage bottlers and e-commerce were huge sources there.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9447686\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think the federal government was right to start moving on single-use plastics in those sectors, but the federal government, with the knowledge at the time, targeted products, as other countries and jurisdictions did. Now we have learned that through CEPA you can actually have more wide-ranging definitions of single-use plastics. The federal government could expand the ban to include all on-site food and beverage orders. It could require reuse at places like major sporting and entertainment venues. It can expand its definition.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9447687\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I look forward to the Supreme Court of Canada settling this and maybe having a federal government approach that's more comprehensive and less product-based.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9447684\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est disponible en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais, et je peux donc vous le transmettre apr\u00e8s la s\u00e9ance. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9447685\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon les principales conclusions, plus de la moiti\u00e9 de la pollution plastique observ\u00e9e au Canada provenait des plastiques \u00e0 usage unique. Les principales sources de cette pollution \u00e9taient le secteur de l'h\u00f4tellerie, de la restauration et des services de traiteur, ainsi que les grands d\u00e9taillants et \u00e9piciers, les embouteilleurs de boisson et les entreprises de commerce \u00e9lectronique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9447686\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a eu raison de commencer \u00e0 prendre des mesures \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des plastiques \u00e0 usage unique utilis\u00e9s dans ces secteurs, mais, compte tenu de ce qu'il savait \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque, il a cibl\u00e9 certains produits, comme l'ont fait d'autres pays et administrations. Nous savons maintenant que, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la LCPE, il est possible d'adopter des d\u00e9finitions plus larges des plastiques \u00e0 usage unique. Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral pourrait \u00e9largir la port\u00e9e de l'interdiction afin d'y inclure toutes les commandes de nourriture et de boissons consomm\u00e9es sur place. Il pourrait exiger la r\u00e9utilisation du plastique dans des endroits comme les grandes installations sportives et les lieux importants de divertissement. Il peut \u00e9largir sa d\u00e9finition.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9447687\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai h\u00e2te que la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada r\u00e8gle cette question et que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral puisse adopter une approche qui soit plus exhaustive et moins ax\u00e9e sur les produits. </p>"
},
"url": "/committees/environment/45-1/44/anthony-merante-6/",
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"source_id": "13573932",
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