Environment commissioner assigns Canada a failing grade for managing contaminated sites in the North, with increasing liability and risk to Indigenous communities.

Environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco has given Canada a failing grade for its handling of contaminated sites in the North. The government's liability for contaminated sites has increased by $7 billion since 2005, with over 60% of this liability located in the North. The slow progress in remediating these sites has left Indigenous peoples at risk and raised the government's financial liability for the polluted areas.