Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services. It is regarding the questions I asked last week of the Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs. I am speaking of the large numbers of THMs, or trihalomethanes, which are known to have an effect, especially when consumed over an extended period of time, on public and private health.
There are federal standards in place that allow for 100 parts per billion. Those are the federal guidelines. Yet the tests that have been taken on the water in Fort McPherson have exceeded the national standards.
Mr. Speaker, last week, large amounts of THMs found in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have set off alarms. They are a group of chemicals suspected of causing bladder cancer, colon cancer and the possibility of still-births. THMs are in that group. I would like to ask the Minister, how seriously is her department taking this issue? What is her department doing to ensure something is done on this matter? Thank you.