Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This has been an ongoing concern for a number of years that we have been working on. I understand there are meetings this week with federal officials to see if we can try to come to some resolution about who is responsible for cleaning up many of these sites. The responsibility for some of these sites has still not been clarified. We are working on it this week. In regard to the landfill option, we have said before that as far as we know, there is no scientific evidence that says burying some of these buildings and infrastructures that contained PCB in the paint on these buildings is an environmental concern which does not appear that it gets into the soil as a result of it being in landfills. However, that is the decision that was made by the federal government and the Minister of Environment, that the Department of Environment has rejected the request from National Defence to put some of these infrastructure and buildings in landfill sites. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 27th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 26th, 1998
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