Thanks, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister about disposal of hazardous waste. I know that when he was on his constitutional talks, he was able to communicate with Mr. Horsman, who was the Deputy Premier of Alberta of the time and responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs. I believe that Mr. Kakfwi was able to get some agreement on disposing some of our wastes in Swan Hills. We made a choice, in other words. Instead of building our own facility to look after our own waste we decided to export it. It is kind of nice to export something for change. The story I hear is we pay something like $2,000 for every 50 kilograms of junk they burn for us. If we had looked at having our own capital facility so we can get rid of it ourselves, we may have created some jobs if there was enough work. Maybe the answer is we just don't produce enough waste to justify doing it ourselves. That is the only question I have. Did you look at the possibility of developing our own waste management program so we wouldn't have to export it to Alberta and pay $2,000 for every 50 kilograms they burn for us? That was a quote...(Microphone turned off)
Brian Lewis on Committee Motion 50-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 19, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on December 3rd, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 50-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 19, Carried
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
December 2nd, 1993
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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre
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