Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We, being the Members of this House and the public, were led to believe the work on the Highway No. 4 bypass, which went through some potential high-risk arsenic hotspots, was vetted by our Department of Transportation, ENR and the Giant Mine Remediation Team. We were assured that there was an eye on safety and liability aspects of potential risk to workers and contractors. My question today is for the Minister of Transportation.
Yesterday I tabled a 2008 Queen’s University study, where the author clearly recommended more sampling be done further away from the roaster, due to the persistent arsenic trioxide in the soil environment at Giant.
Can the Minister indicate to the House, before yesterday, was this the first time he or his department has seen such report? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.