Victoria Bag Ban

• Victoria city council sends new version of plastic bag ban to province for approval

  The new version of the bylaw will have to be approved by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.

  Jan 30, 2020
  
• Victoria plastic bag ban dead as Supreme Court of Canada rejects appeal

  The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from the city seeking to overturn a lower court ruling quashing the ban.

  Jan 23, 2020
  
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• BC Supreme Court rules in favour of Victoria’s plastic bag ban

  The BC Supreme Court has ruled the city of Victoria can ban single-use plastic checkout bags.

  Consumer

  Jun 19, 2018
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• New Westminster to vote on plastic shopping bag ban

  "There was the stone age, the iron age and now we're into the plastic age. And I think the plastic age's time is coming to an end."

  Feb 4, 2018
• City of Victoria bans single-use plastic bags

  Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says she'd like to see the entire province adopt the ban.

  Jan 12, 2018