Nanny state: Canadian government to prohibit single-use plastic items such as cutlery, straws, and grocery bags

[Counselor706]

The Canadian government is cracking down on the manufacture, importation, and sale of various single-use plastic items such as checkout bags, cutlery, and more.

The ban will be implemented in phases, with the prohibition against manufacturing and importing many of the plastic products slated to take effect later this year.

"The ban on the manufacture and import of these harmful single-use plastics, barring a few targeted exceptions to recognize specific cases, will come into effect in December 2022," according to a government press release. "To provide businesses in Canada with enough time to transition and to deplete their existing stocks, the sale of these items will be prohibited as of December 2023. The Government will also prohibit the export of plastics in the six categories by the end of 2025, making Canada the first among peer jurisdictions to do so internationally."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/canada-bans-single-use-plastics

 

[rockcasbah]

Next week, english cucumbers will start not being wrapped in plastic.

Total fascism!

 

[Fuzzy1975]

https://www.theblaze.com/news/canada-bans-single-use-plastics

*chuckles*

Yes government trying to reduce pollution and non biodegradable litter is a "nanny state" government rolling all over the citizens "rights and freedoms"....

Meanwhile you demand ( and support a government) laws that forces woman to stay barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.......no right to abortion for them.....

I think you need to examine your views on society and government.

Miles exemplifies the typical "Dumbfuck American"

 

[ll74]

Good.

 

[John_von_Neumann]

Good. More nations ought to be doing this.

 

[rockcasbah]

Just to reassure Counsellor there are lots of stupid Canadians, too…

• Those who haven’t taken any Covid shots, are far more likely to believe in most conspiracy theories compared to those who have been vaccinated.

https://abacusdata.ca/conspiracy-theories-canada-4-3-2/

 

[Chernosoth]

Canadian money is still made of plastic. Maybe they need more plastic for inflation.