Subject: Iqaluit Waste Situation
From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:07:34 -0500

Mr. Lavallee,

Attached to this correspondance please find 5 .jpg images taken this
afternoon.

I am aware that the Municipality has been involved in a labour dispute
since the middle of April when the employees were locked out and that
this has affected a number of Municipal services, including waste
management and collection.

The temporary transfer point setup by the Municipality on the side of
the road in the West 40 area continues to be used as evidenced by the
image named "roadside_transferpoint.jpg".

Domestic & commercial waste has accumulated outside the gates to the
Municipal landfill to the point where the enterance is completely
blocked (see image named landfill_enterance.jpg) and along the side of
the road just passed the enterance to the landfill to the point where
the road is nearly blocked with domestic and commercial waste (see image
named road_garbage_2.jpg).

Domestic and commercial waste has been dumped, and is accumulating,
outside the Municipal Offices well passed the point where, with warmer
weather being evidenced, a health hazard grows with each day this issue
is not addressed (see images outside_town_office.jpg and
outside_town_office_2.jpg).

Regardless of the labour dispute the licence issued by the Nunavut Water
Board provides that solid waste is to be disposed of in the Municipal
landfill designed for the purpose of containing that waste, and not on
the side of the road, in the parking lot in front of the Municipal
Office, or outside the gates to the Municipal landfill.

While I can appreciate the difficulties that may be involved in
appearing to become involved in any way in the labour dispute between
the Municipality and its employees it is, I believe, well passed the
time that your office steps in and ensures that regulations regarding
the disposal of domestic and commercial waste within the community be
enforced.

Marcel Mason