Ottawa on the hook for $4-billion tied to abandoned mines’ cleanup in the North

NDP MP Lori Idlout says the Liberals need to hold companies accountable. ‘Our communities can’t continue to be disregarded when the profit is gone and we’re left to clean up the mess that a multi-billion dollar company made.’

Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal, pictured in February 2020 after a Liberal cabinet meeting. Crown-Indigenous Relations, overseen by Minister Marc Miller, and Northern Affairs Canada, overseen by Vandal, has $4-billion worth of environmental liabilities on its books.The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

January 20, 2022

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is responsible for $4-billion in environmental liabilities for mines abandoned by private operators in the territories, according to

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