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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.

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

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

Plebs love their plastics