My first question goes back probably quite a bit in terms of where Canada is at in regard to understanding our aquifers, our groundwater, understanding the positive and negative charge of these aquifers.

(k) lists of measures to monitor and control disinfectant run-off as well as body tissue and fluid displacement into the surrounding environment as a result of carcass decomposition, particularly into surface waters and groundwaters.

(k) list of measures to monitor and control disinfectant run-off as well as body tissue and fluid displacement into the surrounding environment as a result of carcass decomposition, particularly into surface waters and groundwaters.

Progress on federal contaminated sites will continue to be ensured through existing government policies (code of environmental stewardship, greening of government, Treasury Board secretariat increased ministerial authority and accountability policy (1986), federal government guidelines (EC, TBS)) and through interdepartmental committees such as the contaminated sites management working group (c) Although the department supported the development of an inventory in 1990, the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) members were unable to reach an agreement and it was decided that individual members would be responsible for r ...[+++]eporting on the number of sites within their jurisdiction.