[CPEO-MEF] Canada's bases in North Ontario

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military needs to clean up toxic bases in northern Ontario, says MP

MICHAEL HAMMOND
Canadian Press/CBC
August 23, 2006

OTTAWA (CP) - A northern Ontario MP is urging the Conservative 
government to clean up 17 contaminated former radar bases he says 
continue to threaten the health of First Nations communities.

New Democrat Charlie Angus, who represents the Timmins-James Bay riding, 
said abandoned PCB, oil and fuel barrels at 1960s-era radar bases 
continue to seep into hunting grounds throughout Ontario's Hudson Bay 
and James Bay lowlands.

After being "stonewalled" by the previous Liberal government on the 
issue, Angus is counting on the Tories to make the cleanup part of their 
plan to assert military control over the North.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/060823/x082320.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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