Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today Members were fortunate to receive a very informative briefing on the clean-up of DEW Line and DIAND sites in the Arctic. I would like to thank officials from DND, DIAND, the Department of the Environment and the team that was assembled to give us an informative briefing today.

I was astonished to learn, Mr. Speaker, that the Resolution Island site in my constituency is apparently the worst site in the Northwest Territories for contaminants. It is estimated that it might cost up to $30 million to clean up and remove contaminated soil unless innovative bio-remediation techniques can be employed. It sounds very exciting.

Fortunately, Mr. Speaker, Resolution Island is very hard to get to, due to treacherous waters around it and the nature of the island. It is a veritable fortress with high cliffs to scale, except for one access point. Again, fortunately, very few people from the area visit that island.

I am frankly more concerned about the hazardous levels of contaminants identified at the upper airbase site right near the community of Iqaluit. Therefore, I was very pleased to learn that DIAND, following its risk assessment last year, has identified that site as its number one clean-up priority for 1995. I will be encouraging them to make that site a priority and get on with the work of dealing with the clean-up of a site close to community habitation. Thank you.

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