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Evidence of meeting #49 for Natural Resources in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was great.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #49 for Natural Resources in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was great.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Southwest Regional Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation Territory; Chief, Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Union of Ontario Indians
--so if there is anybody who works there, I wouldn't know. There are none that I'm aware of.
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Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
Okay. Well, I just wondered whether or not you did have any from--
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Southwest Regional Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation Territory; Chief, Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Union of Ontario Indians
There are none that I'm aware of.
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Conservative
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Assistant to the President, Power Workers' Union
Yes, there are first nations people working there. I don't know how many. I'm sure Bruce Power could provide you with that information. There have been some programs to get local people involved, so there will be people there.
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Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
From a first nations perspective--and obviously they are members of the union as well--did they express concerns similar to those Chief Plain has?
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Assistant to the President, Power Workers' Union
Not to my knowledge. I'd suggest that if they work there, they'd understand what the situation is. If they had any concerns, there are lots of processes internally on safety. I mean, this is basically a safety issue. They have lots of processes internally to raise those safety issues, and nothing has been raised.
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Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
Thank you.
Mr. Edwards, I have to ask you about this. You commented that a few years ago the recycling of the wastes that we're talking about didn't occur, and that it does now. Is that a bad thing?
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President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
Yes, I think it is. For example, the United Nations, the Bureau of International Recycling, and the Steel Manufacturers Association have all expressed alarm and have condemned the practice. They've said that this is not a good thing, because we're not recycling: nobody wants radioactive metal and there's no market for it, so therefore there's a concern about contaminating recycled products.
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Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
I suppose the alternative is to leave it where it is, and that's what you'd like to see happen.
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President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
That's what the plan was. That has been the plan with radioactive waste generally.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
The time is virtually up. Thank you very much, Mr. Dykstra.
Thank you to all the witnesses on this panel for coming today and for sharing your knowledge and information with us. It is very much appreciated.
We have to go to a vote now.
The meeting is adjourned.