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Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s environment minister, said the government was “strongly considering” an appeal of the federal court’s ruling.

By Vjosa Isai • New York Times

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[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 7 points 11 months ago

or just the ultimate in stubborn pedantry.

More like legalism. It sounds like the registry is for things that can directly poison you, which finished plastics cannot, so (IANAL) it was legal fuckery to introduce federal authority that way. What happens when it's being manufactured or after it's processed as waste is beyond the purview of this specific instrument.

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