Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we have communicated options to both the federal government's Environment Canada and to PanArctic to withhold the permit for one year until proper review of disposal options is undertaken. That is one of the options we put forward.
Another option we put to the federal government is that the federal government would assist PanArctic to clean up the site as they assisted PanArctic in the oil and gas exploration program through the petroleum initiative program at the time when the material was being shipped to Lougheed Island. We would like to see studies conducted on the long-term effects of ocean-dumping in the Arctic and put a moratorium in place until studies have been concluded to show what kind of impact it may have.
We would also like to reuse as much as possible the scrap metal that is proposed to be dumped into the ocean, for community use and other uses. We suggested that industry and the government post abandonment and restoration bonds to assure appropriate clean up is done after activity has taken place.
We have suggested that the federal Minister of Environment and Fisheries and Oceans publicly state their position on ocean dumping prior to April 15. Mr. Speaker, I would like to add that the motto that has been adopted by my people is that, "If you pack it in, you have to pack it out." Thank you.
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