Canada's top five federal contaminated sites will cost taxpayers billions to clean up

Canada’s top five federal contaminated sites will cost taxpayers billions to clean up

YELLOW KNIFE – At an estimated cost of $4.38 billion, the cleanup of Giant Mine, one of Canada’s most contaminated sites, is also expected to be the costliest federal environmental cleanup in the country’s history. The figure, recently approved by the Treasury Board of Canada, covers costs from 2005 to 2038, when active remediation at …

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