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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 create a national strategy against plastic pollution. “We need the minister to actually show courage and get something done,” said NDP MP Gord Johns . “We need some courage.
” King, who was a part of the Greenpeace delegation that attended INC-4, said she’d hoped to see more leadership by Canada in driving the strongest possible measures in the plastics treaty. Greenpeace Canada's Sarah King says Canada hasn't sent a strong signal that reductions in plastic production 'are going to be necessary in order to ensure an effective treaty.
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