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Originally Posted by Hilman
She also closed the door to taxpayer money for cleanup of the contaminated land at the former Canada Creosote plant, the site the facility plans to build on.
“We have operated in this province for many years on a principle of “polluter pay” and there’s really no precedent of the province stepping in to pay the cost of remediation when a polluter has contaminated a piece of property,” explained Notley.
The cost of the cleanup of the site is unknown, with some estimates saying it could run to $200-million.
CalgaryNEXT would see a multi-purpose complex, which would be the home of a new 20,000 seat arena for the Flames and a 30,000 seat stadium for the Stampeders that will double as a community fieldhouse.
With the cleanup costs, the project is expected to have a price tag of over $1.1-billion.
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So, does this mean Notley has a plan to get Domtar to pay for the cleanup?
Because arena or no arena, we probably shouldn't let poison leak into the river/west hillhurst forever. If the gov't(s) can't get the polluter to pay for it, how will society get it cleaned up?
If only there was some way to take a little bit of money from everyone to cover these unfortunate circumstances...