According to an Oraclepoll telephone survey a majority of Canadians support local decision-making over centralization of power in Ottawa.
By a margin of two to one those polled say they do not support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to “reimagine” Canada by usurping provincial powers over manufacturing, job creation, and waste management systems.
The poll results were released by the Canada Coalition of Plastic Producers. The coalition notes that Trudeau signaled at the United Nations last Fall that his government would use the COVID crisis as an “opportunity” to reset Canada.

The coalition says Trudeau’s first target is the plastics sector, over which he is exerting total control by designating all plastic manufactured products as being toxic. The coalition says every product using plastic could be prohibited from manufacture, sale, export and import at the sole discretion of the Federal Minister of Environment.  The organization says this strips provinces of their constitutional powers over waste management and economic development.

According to the survey, 62 per cent want their provincial governments to retain the right to make decisions about what industries and jobs are allowed to exist, and 69 per cent want the provinces to continue to be responsible for waste management systems.