Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The federal government has been carrying out research to find out whether dump sites and other materials left by US military during the post-war are contaminated with PCBs and other chemicals. They have found no PCB contaminants, and for that reason they may place the Coral Harbour clean-up as a low priority.

One can notice that if the federal government is stating that it will take three millions dollars to clean it up, then I can tell you there is a lot of garbage out there. There are barrels on the shoreline. There are old buildings that they have tried to collapse and they are still standing there; in fact, the old dump site is still very much present.

UMA Engineering Ltd., engineering planners and surveyors of Edmonton, have recommended that since there have been no PCBs found there, the clean-up should be done with the local workers with the available equipment. The community of Coral Harbour has commented that since there is a local contractor with heavy equipment, with qualified operators, the clean-up should be done by them, provided it is done over a five-year period.

Mr. Speaker, I urge this government to strongly recommend to their federal counterparts to initiate the co-ordination and funding for this project as soon as is practical. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.