He maʻemaʻe Victoria ʻO ke awa kahi wahi i hauʻoli ʻia e nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi no nā hanauna. He mea koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ia no ke ola ʻana o nā holoholona hihiu o ka moana, no ka mea, he ʻāina hānai nui ia a he kumu meaʻai.
ʻO ke awa ʻo Victoria Harbor he awa, ke awa, a me ka mokulele mokulele ma ke kūlanakauhale Kanada o Victoria, British Columbia. He moku holo moku a me ka huakaʻi ferry no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā malihini i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka mokupuni ʻo Vancouver. ʻO ia ke awa komo a me ke kahua mokulele no ka mokulele maʻamau
I kēia lā, hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Transport Canada ma kahi o $ 17.66 miliona ma kahi ʻaelike iā QM/JJM Contracting JV e hoʻihoʻi i ke olakino kaiapuni o Laurel Point Park a me ke awa ma o ka wehe ʻana i nā mea haumia mau mai ke kaiaola.
Ma waena o 1906 a me 1975, Laurel Point Park, aia ma ke Awa Waena o Victoria, kahi kahua o kahi hale hana pena. Ua waiho nā hana ʻoihana i nā mea haumia mau i ka lepo, e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola kai. ʻAʻole pilikia nā mea haumia i nā poʻe noho a me nā mea hoʻohana paka.
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka Laurel Point Park ka hana hope loa o ka papahana hoʻoponopono hou ʻana o ke awa waena o Transport Canada no ka mālama ʻana i ke awa a hoʻoneʻe i nā mea haumia mau mai ke kaiaola. Ua hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ka hana mua i nā sediment i loko o ka wai Victoria Harbor. E hoʻomaka ana ka hana ma ka hana hope i kēia mahina aʻe a manaʻo ʻia e pau i ka hopena o ka makahiki aʻe. E ʻeli ka poʻe hana i ka lepo haumia ma Laurel Point Park, hoʻopiha hou i ka ʻāina me ka lepo maʻemaʻe a hoʻoulu hou i ka pā.
Kākoʻo ʻia ka Middle Harbor Remediation Project ma o ka Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP), i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Environment and Climate Change Canada a me ka Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, a hāʻawi i ke kālā no ka loiloi a hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā wahi i haumia federal. Ke Aupuni o Kanaka ke hana nei ma lalo o ka FCSAP e mālama i ko mākou kaiaola no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
"Ke Aupuni o Kanaka lawe i kāna kuleana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā pūnaewele i hoʻohaumia ʻia e like me Na Victoria Awa Waena. Hōʻike ka hoʻolaha o kēia lā i ka hana a hōʻike i kā mākou kūpaʻa mau i ka pale ʻO Canada kaiapuni moana a no nā kamaʻāina."
ʻO ka Mea Hanohano Marc Garneau, Kuhina Kālepa
"Victoria Harbor kaʻana like ʻia e ka ʻoihana, nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā holoholona hihiu kūloko, a he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi loa o ke ʻano o ke kaiapuni a me ka hoʻokele waiwai. Mālama kēia papahana i ka Laurel Point Park ma ke ʻano he wahi hānai no nā holoholona hihiu, kahi e hoʻomaha ai ka poʻe kamaʻāina, a he mea hoʻokipa no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e pōmaikaʻi ai nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Joyce Murray, Kakauolelo Parliament i ka Peresidena o ka Papa Waihona a me ke Kuhina o ke Aupuni Digital
