Canada Will Bear Cost of Repatriating Trash Filled Containers From Philippines

Canada Will Bear Cost of Repatriating Trash Filled Containers From Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the ASEAN-US 40th Anniversary Commemorative Summit in Manila on Nov. 13, 2017. Aaron Favila/AFP/Getty Images
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Canada has agreed to pay the full cost of bringing 69 garbage-laden shipping containers back across the Pacific Ocean to Vancouver, but it remains unclear how much it will cost and when it will happen.

The Canadian government made a formal offer to bring back the garbage last month but has remained tightlipped about what the offer contained.