Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPlastics threaten ecosystems and human health, but evidence‑based solutions are under political firewww.dal.caexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareDavriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoThis is a great article from Dalhousie University. It especially applies to Canada. Justin Trudeau, the leader of the centrist Liberal Party, tried to pass a ban on single use plastics. He faced brutal political backlash. Pierre Poilievre, populist leader of the Conservative Party, campaigned on defending plastics. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-scrap-plastics-ban-1.7514037 Poilievre made television ads claiming the federal Plastics ban was inflicting pain on Canadian families : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bri5-IqHqw
This is a great article from Dalhousie University. It especially applies to Canada.
Justin Trudeau, the leader of the centrist Liberal Party, tried to pass a ban on single use plastics.
He faced brutal political backlash. Pierre Poilievre, populist leader of the Conservative Party, campaigned on defending plastics.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-scrap-plastics-ban-1.7514037
Poilievre made television ads claiming the federal Plastics ban was inflicting pain on Canadian families :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bri5-IqHqw