Environment Minister Gordon Wilson said he’s introducing the bill in the hope of removing millions of bags from the waste stream each year.
There is not a requirement under the act to charge a fee for alternatives to plastic bags, leaving the choice to retailers. “We look forward to the public and the government identifying other single-use items we don’t need to use.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in June that the federal government was starting regulatory work to ban harmful single-use plastics.Retailers including the Sobeys chain have already promised to eliminate single-use bags.
“For Nova Scotia, the announcement is quite timely given the climate strike happening . My expectation will be to see all provinces make a similar announcement by June of next year.”
Get ready for the complaints from people who say they use them as garbage bags because they cant afford to buy them, after visiting both the Cigarette shop and Liquor store, pocket full of scratch cards and bingo dobbers :)
Go back to paper bags.