Grassy Narrows First Nation has suffered from the health impacts of mercury contamination stemming from when a paper mill in Dryden, Ont., dumped 9,000 kilograms of the substance into the English-Wabigoon River system in the 1960s.
Grassy Narrows Chief Rudy Turtle said there has been little action on the project. Meanwhile, there also appears to be a political disagreement between the federal Liberals and the Ontario Tory government over jurisdictional responsibility. He urged the federal government to put $88.7 million -- the estimated 30-year cost for the facility, according to the feasibility study -- into a trust fund for the community to ensure the project moves ahead no matter the results of the fall federal election.
Philpott followed up in December with a letter confirming the government would pay for the feasibility study and "the construction and operation of the treatment centre in Grassy Narrows once the design work and programming is ready." "Ultimately, it is a health facility so we have to make sure we work with them on that because delivery of health care is provincial jurisdiction," O'Regan said. "We are committed to building the facility and we will do that."
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