Six Nations Elected Council looking at illegal dumping of “contaminated” soil

Councillor Dayle Bomberry

Six Nations’ Built Environment and Climate Adaptation Committee is trying to tackle the community’s illegal dumping problem, but they can’t do it alone. Dayle Bomberry, chair of the committee gave Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) an update on the committee’s progress at the General Council meeting on June 25 and said they’ve been putting pressure on the province to crack down on illegal dumping and increase penalties. “This is one of reasons we’re asking the provincial permit people to look at laws and legislations with little more penalizing and stricter enforcement with testing places it can be taken to get cleaned up,” he said. “Bring this all together and take the way stronger, look at other solutions.” SNEC councillors have tried to deal with the issue of illegal soil dumping…

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