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Currently, untreated sewage is released into Juan de Fuca Strait.
The plant will treat wastewater from Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich, Oak Bay, View Royal, Langford, Colwood, and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. It will use a three-stage process to separate solids from wastewater, break down organic compounds, and filter out contaminants like pharmaceuticals and microplastics.
Design features include a green roof and the use of recovered thermal energy to heat buildings at McLoughlin Point. At Hartland Landfill, the residual solids will be dried using biogas created by the waste digestion process.
Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna said the project is a good example of what can happen when communities and governments come together.
iPolitics AM: Trudeau resumes COVID-19 briefings By Kady O Malley. Published on Dec 15, 2020 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds in press conference in West Block in July. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads back to the precinct to deliver an on-camera update on what may be the most ambitious mass immunization plan in Canadian history. (11:30 AM)
According to the advisory, he’ll be joined by Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and her second-in-command,
Howard Njoo, as well as
Public Services Minister Anita Anand and
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who has been temporarily seconded from his military duties to “oversee logistical planning” at the
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Dec 14, 2020 11:49am Former Finance Minister Bill Morneau Andrew Meade/iPolitics
Former finance minister Bill Morneau is a hot topic on the Hill again, this time on the lobby circuit, where he’s now officially known as “Bill Morneau, OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation) Nominee.”
Morneau’s former director of operations, Sharan Kaur has been granted a rare exemption under the Lobbying Act to reach out to government officials on behalf of her one-time boss from Nov.10 until March 17, 2021, albeit under strict parameters.
As per the publicly posted notice, Kaur “may only communicate with public office holders from Global Affairs Canada and the Prime Minister’s Office, solely to arrange meetings, or to obtain or provide documents and information regarding [Morneau’s] candidacy as Secretary-General of the OECD.”
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