Yeah, thanks, Mr. Chair. So I guess Department of Finance has launched this online -- I think it's an inventory, really, rather than a data base of contaminated sites, and that's a step forward. At least they've identified where these sites are and there's a little bit of background information. But there's no cost figures; there's no real tracking of progress in terms of assessing the risk at those sites and whether any remediation needs to take place. And, you know, if you go to the federal contaminated sites inventory, it's maintained by the federal, the treasury board. There's a remarkable level of detail for sites all across Canada that are the responsibility of various different agencies and you can sort is the data by region or by the authority that is responsible for the site, by time. It's an amazing database. And I'm not saying that we need to get there right away but I've been raising this issue for seven years. And at least we have some sort of an online database now but it needs to be populated with actual details of information. So that's what this recommendation is aimed towards, and it's really about greater transparency and accountability and making sure that these kind of liabilities are properly tracked and the public knows about them. So I look forward to a response from the department on how they're going to improve that database over time to get us up closer to where the federal government has been for years and other jurisdictions as well. The Yukon has their own inventory that contains significantly more information and data than ours. So we can and should be doing a lot better. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Kevin O'Reilly on Committee Motion 324-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Public Accounts - Enhanced Reporting on GNWT Environmental Liabilities, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on November 1st, 2022. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 324-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Public Accounts - Enhanced Reporting on GNWT Environmental Liabilities, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
November 1st, 2022
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