It is a long-term project, that is for sure. How many decades did it take to create the problem? It is also going to take a long time to fix it. What is interesting and quite remarkable in this chapter is that there is an expert department, Environment Canada, and a central agency, the Treasury Board, working together to give direction and support to the departments that have to implement the plan. In addition, there is a fund that allows priority to be given to the sites that will be decontaminated first.
On March 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.