| Great initiative, but these political edicts are not useful, and 2021 is too soon. What we need is a structured approach, that analyses all of the kinds of use, how realistically dependant we are on all of them, probably some strategic alignment from gov. and a phased approach with more time. Canadian ministers of industry are rife with any number of 'PowerPoint Programs' for this or that, that are again in the category of 'business sentiment' and often completely miss the mark. I would really love to see the Minsters, or at very least the heads of their Bureaucracy - actually have an operational business background. We've established that our Ministers of Finance have to have 'credentials' - why on Earth we don't demand the same from our business related ministers is astonishing. They could be identifying most of the use, talking a lot with the entities most affected, researching alternatives, lining up suppliers, poking in maybe in highly-specific areas, possibly with some truly progressive alternatives with intelligently focused investment, and at least proving some kind of 'phased transition framework'. Much like when Sweden went from 'Left Lane' to 'Right Lane' driving, there needs to be plan. A lot of business right now are facing truly existential calamity, to have a politician pull this out and say 'you have 6 months to change' is just not good. I also feel that 'any rule can be hacked' and we're going to see all sorts of externalities from this, specifically glass. Plastic is a really useful material, and that we don't want it in the Ocean's means we have to change, but not necessarily along he lines he's taking - in fact - the edict, were it followed to the tee, might not change many things other than in the minds of voters. I would love to see a comprehensive plan for how we can tackled plastic waste, it will not come from the PM's office. |