Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

Issue 22 - Fifth Report of the Committee

The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources has the honour to present its

FIFTH REPORT

Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on December 1, 1999 to examine issues relating to energy, the environment and natural resources generally in Canada, has heard testimony from a coalition of interested parties who have petitioned the Honourable Minister of the Environment for a full environmental assessment of the proposed landfill at the Adams Mine in Timiskaming District of Northern Ontario. The Committee heard that the proposed project meets three of the necessary triggers for such an assessment. They are: the site is on federal lands for which there is an outstanding aboriginal land claim; the project's potential effects cross provincial boundaries; and finally, leakage from the site could harm fish and fish habitat.

Your Committee supports this petition and recommends that the Minister respond positively to it.

Respectfully submitted,

MIRA SPIVAK

Chair