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Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Hon. Steven Guilbeault

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Environment and Climate Change
  • Liberal
  • Laurier—Sainte-Marie
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 59%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $99,511.83

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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/5/23 3:05:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his advocacy on this issue. Happy World Environment Day. I am happy to announce that in just a few weeks, on June 20, the single-use plastic ban will come into full force. Following that date, harmful plastics such as straws and plastic cutlery will no longer be able to be used in, sold in or imported into Canada. This is news worth celebrating. Plastic products are harmful to our wildlife, our oceans and our lakes. That is why our government continues to take action toward having zero plastic waste before 2040.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/22/22 3:16:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Davenport for her advocacy and her work on these important issues. Selena is right. We need to do better when it comes to protecting our environment, which is why this week we announced that we are banning six single-use plastics that are polluting our rivers and our environment. They are ending up on our streets and everywhere. Between now and 2030, there will be 22,000 tonnes of plastic waste that we will take out of our environment and 1.3 million tonnes that we will take out of the Canadian economy.
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