Ottawa is failing to remediate contaminated sites in the North, leaving Indigenous peoples at risk and raising the government's own financial liability for the polluted areas, environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco said Tuesday in a new audit.
DeMarco said at one mine there is still ongoing work needed to keep contaminated water from leaching into surrounding areas, while another still houses a large volume of arsenic which needs to remain frozen underground. He said during remediation work at the Giant Mine near Yellowknife the department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada failed to meet employment targets for northern and northern Indigenous workers.
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