Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals admit their own plastics ban is a disastrous sham

They now agree that banning the export of plastic straws, forks and bags harms Canada and does little to help the environment

-- National Post & Melissa, --December 29, 2025

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We’re never going to get an apology from the Liberals for their failed single-use plastics ban — but on Dec. 20, we got the next best thing: an admission that it was all a costly mistake.

It’s buried in the government’s proposal to cancel the export ban on plastic straws, cutlery, grocery bags, ring carriers, stir sticks and other food packaging, which took effect earlier this month. A draft amendment to the federal plastics regulations to that effect is open for public comment until Feb. 28, and will likely become law soon afterward. ---More...

Minister of the Environment Steven Guilbeault announces the creation of the Federal REGISTER on PLASTICS

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