Environment minister Guilbeault must show ‘courage’ to finalize plastics treaty, says NDP MP Johns

The final round of negotiations to develop a global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040 is scheduled to take place in South Korea from Nov. 25-Dec. 1.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault addresses the plenary session at the fourth round of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding agreement on plastic pollution in Ottawa on April 23.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

May 8, 2024

Reaching a global agreement by the end of this year to address a plastic-waste crisis will require the environment minister to do more to push back against the oil, gas, and chemical sectors, according to an NDP MP who successfully passed a motion in 2018 to...

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