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Originally Posted by HOZ
That is a very sad story. But again.....would you expect this to happen in China? (From your second link)
- The Government of Canada has contributed more than $9 million dollars in compensation to the First Nations affected by mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon River system for economic and social development initiatives.
- The Mercury Disability Board was established in 1986 in response to mercury poisoning of the English-Wabigoon River system. The Board oversees the administration of a trust fund from which benefits are paid to claimants showing symptoms of mercury poisoning.
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has been working with the Board, along with the Government of Ontario (represented by the Ontario Secretariat for Aboriginal Affairs), since its inception and supports its work.
Your Canada is just as bad because we did bad things too equivalency argument falls a little flat. |
Ok, Canada isn't just as bad any more. Bad things happen and then we try to fix them usually after years of delaying and trying to weasel out of it.
Fifty years ago we were a lot worse though.