Old Site Clean-Up Cash Rated $200,000,000 ‘Drop In Bucket’

A 2016 budget pledge of $200 million to clean up contaminated mines and industrial sites is a fraction of funds needed, say advocates. Remediation costs nationwide are put at more than $4.7 billion, according to a Finance Canada memo earlier obtained through Access To Information: “Costs are revised, generally upwards”.

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