📋 Tender Overview
The provincial attorney general has filed notice with the Federal Court of Canada that Alberta will make submissions in a case arguing that a decision by the federal minister of health and the minister of the environment and climate change to list plastic manufactured items as toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act was unconstitutional.Alberta will argue that the federal governments decision to label plastic as a toxic substance is an unconstitutional intrusion into provincial jurisdiction.Our government continues to do everything possible to defend Albertas vital economic interests. We have Canadas largest petrochemical sector and are on the cusp of a major expansion with 18 billion of new low-emitting petrochemical projects announced in the province. The future energy transition can only happen with a wider reliance on lightweight plastic products which are an essential part of our daily lives. The federal decision to list perfectly safe plastic consumer products as toxic substances is a huge overreach and could impair investor confidence in the petrochemical sector that employs tens of thousands of Canadians.
