Parliament should consider a plastic tax: Environment Canada

Editor's Note: This article has been updated with the response from the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Canadians may be paying more for virtually all products if a new plastic tax that Environment Canada is recommending is implemented.

According to a Blacklock's Reporter article, Environment Canada released a report claiming both that "parliament should consider a plastic tax" and that "the tax will cost consumers since plastics are found in almost every manufactured product."

Plastic is, of course, used in many ways that have nothing to do with conspicuous consumption, such as emergency and disaster relief efforts and flood prevention.

We have reached out to McKenna's office for comment. According to the deputy communications officer for her office, they are not considering the tax.

Given the government's consistent campaigning on evidence-based policies, it is strange to see the department in charge of climate change not consider a policy put forward in an Environment Canada report.

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