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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

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Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

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Greening Canada’s Brownfield Sites

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RELEASED 1998

 		   Across Canada, thousands of contaminated sites lie abandoned or underutilized, the result of a century of industrialization. Many of these sites have not been identified because of insufficient information on the environmental condition of land. The report examines barriers to brownfield redevelopment and finds solutions to overcome them. It examines the state of information on the environmental condition of land and makes recommendations for improvement.