Feds open to cutting plastic production but global agreement will be hard: Guilbeault

Source: https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2023/06/02/feds-open-to-cutting-plastic-production-but-global-agreement-will-be-hard-guilbeault.html

Author: Mia Rabson

OTTAWA - Canada is open to the idea of including a requirement to cut back on the production of plastic in a new global treaty to eliminate plastic pollution, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday. But he said that may become one of the biggest sticking points in the negotiations, which are supposed to conclude at the end of next year. “The idea that we might have to commit to reducing the use of plastics will be something that’s going to be difficult for some countries to agree to,” said Guilbeault in an interview.