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Fate of East Coast ferries worry environmentalists
The MV Joseph-and-Clara-Smallwood and the MV Caribou sailed between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia for more than 20 years. Both they were decommissioned earlier this year and sold for scrap metal. The ships ended up beached in Alang, India, at one of the most infamous ship-breaking facilities in the world, known for its lack of environmental safeguards and poor labour standards. As The Link’s East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros reports, environmentalists say Canada should have ensured the ships are disposed of in a responsible manner.
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