Thank you for providing…

Thank you for providing Ontarians with the opportunity to provide input into Stelco's site specific standards (SSS). These timelines for input are very short however and given that we are approaching the Xmas holiday period I have concerns that public input may not be in a meaningful manner.

I am concerned that Stelco's SSSs (as proposed) will be remaining much the same over the next 2.5 years without any plans to phase in tougher requirements that will help our province to meet the climate crisis before us and address the high cancer rates in Hamilton caused by the release of benzene, suspended particulate matter, and manganese through this company's operation. This is unacceptable.

Stelco must be mandated to provide publicly available update action plans that will ensure continuous improvement to meet the Regulation 419 requirements.

Steel companies in Canada have lower requirements than those in the U.S. This has to be fixed. In addition there is a lack of consistency between the site specific requirements between Stelco and Defasco. This also needs to be addressed.

The Community Liaison Committees represent a positive step in establishing transparency in steel operations in Hamilton. There needs to be confirmation that these important meetings will be mandated to continue to take place over the coming years.