No answer on the number of scientists, Madam Chair.
Last week's report by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development reinforced what we already knew. The Conservative government lacks a plan on federal contaminated sites with clear measurable expectations. In fact, the report said there was no lead agency on the file, there was a lack of standard site closure reporting system, and there was a risk that contaminated sites would not be addressed.
Parliament does not even know if it got value for its money because a performance measurement and reporting system does not exist.
With the bulk of funds going to four large project sites and the total estimated financial liability for federal contaminated sites $500 million higher than the amount of dedicated funding that remains, how does the government plan to protect the health and safety of Canadians with the other 10,000 sites that need to be cleaned up when it does not have the money to do it?