Mylène Freeman at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On October 6th, 2014. See this statement in context.

October 6th, 2014 / 4:20 p.m.

NDP

Mylène Freeman NDP Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, QC

Right, okay.

The federal government has signed on to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. We signed on in 2001. It clearly states that authorities are obliged to give priority consideration to waste management methods that “avoid the formation and release” of dioxins. Do you feel that REM technology—the Port Hope incinerator—would be contrary to the Stockholm convention?

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