Proposal outlines Call2Recycle’s ability to become the contracted service provider for OPEIC administration, collection, transportation, and processing of program products. The ability to retain Board oversight or even utilize Call2Recycle for selected business operations is possible. Proposal Considerations: - Streamlines reporting amongst roughly 2/3 of a shared participant base. - Larger collection network utilizing home improvement retailers – same locations that program batteries are already being collected throughout Canada. - Minnesota is already looking at possible end-product EPR legislation and Call2Recycle has an established US collection network if U.S. was to adopt such EPR regulation. - Proposed 6 month implementation.
Canada-wide Updates: British Columbia Political Updates:
The recent session was dominated by the government's response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats. Premier David Eby's administration introduced controversial legislation aimed at fast-tracking major infrastructure and resource projects to bolster the provincial economy. In the process, the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) government steamrolled many of its traditional allies, including Indigenous leaders, municipalities and environmental advocates. Two Bills proposed to give Eby’s cabinet extraordinary powers to respond to Trump. The premier forged ahead with Bill 15 (Infrastructure Projects Act), which gives his cabinet the power to rewrite environmental assessment and permitting rules for projects it deems provincially significant. Government house leader Mike Farnworth made no apologies for the government’s pivot, saying Trump has forced the NDP to act decisively to respond and strengthen the economy. He said the government will now take steps to consult with First Nations on the regulations around Bill 15. “When you make decisions, there are going to be people who are not happy and people who are happy,” he said. “The role of government now is to follow through on our commitments we’ve made in terms of how the legislation is going to work, in terms of how regulations are going to be developed. “My sense is, as time goes by, we will see how it’s intended to work and a lot of the fears will in fact be unfounded,” Farnworth added. Those opposed argue the government didn’t consult before bringing forward the legislation and that the bills give the provincial cabinet carte blanche to pick winners and losers for development. It took a tiebreaking vote from Speaker Raj Chouhan on Wednesday night to save the government from potentially falling, after government house leader Mike Farnworth had made the bill a matter of a confidence vote. Overall, it was a remarkably light legislative session, during which only 13 bills were passed during the session, including measures to eliminate the consumer carbon tax, reforms to the Employment Standards Act which gets rid of the need for employees to require a sick note from a doctor for missed work, and the Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, which provides for regulation of
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