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Canadian Court overturns Trudeau's plastics ban

Started by Brent, November 21, 2023, 02:28:04 PM

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Trudeau's losing streak continues.


QuoteRegulations prohibiting six single-use plastics — stir sticks, plastic checkout bags, cutlery, straws, six-pack rings and some food service packaging — were announced last June by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The government first made a cabinet order to regulate those plastics in 2021, declaring the items to be toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

But Justice Angela Furlanetto of the Federal Court ruled on Thursday that the government's classification was a stretch, calling the designated items "too broad to be listed" as toxic substances. She declared the cabinet order to be "both unreasonable and unconstitutional."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/world/canada/canada-single-use-plastics-ban.html