I feel that all mines,…

I feel that all mines, larger quarries and underground repositories for nuclear waste be subjected to full environmental assessments. Where repository of nuclear waste may be under Federal Jurisdiction, that assessment should be as thorough or exceed provincial assessment.

Further large quarries be placed back under the Mining Act because that is exactly what these huge pits are.

The growing number of mines, modern and wasteful ore extraction and growing need for proper remediation and containment of tailings needs a more vigorous assessment to protect watersheds from the impacts of these operations.