Gabrielle Cassagnes Lemoine
Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Green Party of Quebec, and Vincent Aquin-Belleau, candidate in the Marie-Victorin riding, took the stage in Longueuil on Monday to present their position on e-commerce waste. With e-commerce booming, the Parti Vert du Québec wants to tackle the over-packaging of products delivered, particularly by e-commerce giants.
The Parti Vert du Québec wants to impose a tax based on the weight of packaging to encourage private companies to reduce as much as possible the unnecessary packaging found in their products, and to regulate the maximum percentage of empty space allowed in a product's packaging. The PVQ would also like to require companies operating in Quebec to send products together rather than in multiple boxes or orders, and to make it mandatory to use biodegradable packaging materials, including the protective cushions that are usually packed in packages. In addition to all these measures, the Green Party considers it necessary to apply the QST to all online shopping platforms.
The Green Party of Quebec is also proposing to modernize Canada Post to allow stores to store their products directly in the Canada Post warehouse, enabling small businesses to access the ultra-fast logistics of online commerce and compete with large distribution companies such as Amazon. It will also standardize packaging methods to reduce unnecessary waste more effectively.
