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The Athasbasca Chipewyan First Nation contacted Ottawa to dredge the dock in the spring .

The Fort Chipeywan Indigenous leaders provided a subsequent report.

The government says they looked into it in 2017 , but the leaders say they just became aware of it this year .

“This is a cover-up. This is environmental racism,” Chief Allan Adam said.

Chief Billy Joe-Tuccaro : "For them to sweep this under the rug, it’s something that we cannot take lightly" Fort Chipewyan has been flagged for having higher-than-average cancer rates.

The community received little information until last February after 5.3 million litres of contaminated wastewater escaped from a holding pond.

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