The Alberta government has sent a letter to Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault, objecting to the federal government’s designation of plastics as a toxic substance.
Rebecca Schultz, Alberta minister of the environment and protected areas, said in a July 5 letter that Ottawa’s sweeping ban on plastics “will punish innovative solutions, and hinder locally driven progress.”
Ms. Schultz said that Ottawa is failing to focus on the “real need to manage plastic waste appropriately.”
She said the province had previously communicated its opposition to designating plastics as toxic, and to the government’s ban on six single-use plastic items.
“The ramifications of this designation have a negative impact on Alberta’s economy which further inhibits our ability to invest in innovative solutions,” she wrote….