Mr. Speaker, the commitment I received at that time from the Minister of DIAND is that they would put money back into the process for the cleaning up of Giant Mine. The amount of money they are willing to put in this year is up to a maximum of $285,000 for surface clean-up. The Minister also indicated to me that they were doing some initial work on the underground problem as well.

With the Minister of Environment, I raised the issue more in terms of this being a serious environmental site and that there was a need for it to be considered when Canada looks at cleaning up any major sites that exist across Canada. In my view, this is a major one. He acknowledged that it was, but did not give me any commitment that it would be on the short list or a list for early actions. Thank you.