Mr. Speaker, the clean up of the Sydney tar ponds in Nova Scotia is under a dark cloud.
The tar ponds, described as Canada's worst environmental disaster, were exempted by the previous government from an environmental assessment.
Because of this deadly blunder the list of compounds and their concentrations in the tar ponds is not fully known. In addition, the toxic coke oven site is not included in the clean ups and the ability of the incinerator to destroy PCBs is in question.
Given these severe limitations, will the environment minister order a full environmental assessment of the Sydney tar ponds project, including the coke oven site and the incineration process?