So the weird thing is: I can’t find a CBC report on this announcement on Wednesday. Nor any other Canadian news source, even in the weeds ones like iPolitics. Maybe I’m just not searching properly, but I don’t see any other reporting.
I mean, they absolutely promised they’d ban single-use plastics, and I was under the impression that was definitely a real thing:
I agree it is a bit weird. I also wasn't able to find a recent press release from the government and some of the articles about this from the past week have been using quotes from 2019 (giving the impression, to me, as though they are recent).
But in the interest of proving to myself that this isn't all some big hoax I did manage to find the government page listing all the schedule 1 toxic substances [0]. Hopefully that helps a bit. The final item on the list when I write this is "Plastic manufactured items"
I mean, they absolutely promised they’d ban single-use plastics, and I was under the impression that was definitely a real thing:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-to-ban-single-us...
I just cannot find an actual press release from a government agency as of this week. I’d be appreciative if someone could actually dig that up.