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submitted 2 weeks ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

Poilievre made television ads claiming the federal Plastics ban was inflicting pain on Canadian families :

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Plebs love their plastics