At committee: Single-use plastics and temporary foreign workers By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 28, 2021 6:01am The House veterans affairs committee is examining commemorations in the 21st century. (Shawn M. Kent/WikiMedia Commons)
Canadian War Museum, the Juno Beach Centre Association, as well as the Vimy Foundation and the
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ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, MPs continue to examine issues related to single-use plastics with representatives from the Canadian Beverage Association, Oceana Canada and the Peel Regional Municipalities, as well a Alberta’s Energy Minister Sonya Savage. (3:30 – 5:30 PM)
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GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS to field questions on “procurement practices” within the agency. (3:30 – 5 PM)
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 15, 2021 6:00am Erin O Toole could face questions over a a new backbench bid to stop safe-selective abortions. (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics)
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Erin O’Toole unveils his climate plan today to tax big emitters and to show that the Tories are serious about climate change. CBC was leaked a copy of the plan, along with reports that, like the Liberals’ plan, it would put a price on carbon, but it would be lower and comes with some twists: “Instead of the Liberal carbon tax-and-rebate system … O’Toole is proposing to charge a levy on fuel purchases and use the money to fund personalized savings accounts, which Canadians can use for environmentally friendly purchases.”
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TORONTO, Dec. 9, 2020 /CNW/ - More than twenty Canadian retail and consumer packaged goods companies, representing a substantial proportion of the nation s plastic packaging, are among the first to support new global Golden Design Rules to improve plastics recycling and reduce landfill and pollution.
The rules acknowledge the importance of plastic packaging for food quality and safety, while encouraging companies industrywide to make packaging decisions that better support recycling systems. In addition to keeping plastic out of landfill and nature, designing packaging to be more recyclable is an important first step in converting a take-make-waste linear economy into a circular economy where the ingredients of plastic packaging are captured and reused.