Environment committee  The book liabilities are on 2,200 sites. That's recorded in the public accounts. We looked at the overall liability estimate and compared it to the funds that remain in the federal contaminated sites action plan itself, or in that program. FCSAP is not intended to cover all site

Environment committee  The balance remaining would have to be found somewhere by individual departments or agencies, that's correct. We didn't go and find out how much you have set aside and how you are going to do all that. What we're looking for is a consolidated plan that would address it. So a comp

Environment committee  Yes. We didn't examine those in great detail, but we did pick up information that indicated that there is responsiveness, using new technologies, going forward. You mentioned one there. I must say, I'm not a scientist or a biological expert. I'm an accountant by training, but wh

Environment committee  Generally speaking, yes. But in detail, the Environment Canada or the Treasury Board Secretariat might be able to answer that more specifically. Generally that indicates the number of contaminated sites being identified more recently has diminished, but it's still one in five at

Environment committee  Certainly. The risks are both compounded. You can have environmental risks and health risks in combination. Of course, the risks vary depending on the site and location. What we found and reported is that they have a process in place of establishing that, assessing them, and doin