Mr. Speaker, I am glad the member has brought to the attention of the House that indeed there is an investment of $55 million to clean up tar ponds that obviously took many years to build up.
As one whose grandfather was born there I know the sacrifices of the people in the Sydney area. I know the sacrifices of industrial workers who have lived with pollution for eight decades of this century.
The Sydney tar ponds cleanup is proceeding. The level of incineration at the moment is being examined regularly to ensure that the health and safety of the people in the area is not affected. We hope the cleanup of this mess will not take the decades it took to accumulate.