Daryl Dolynny

Good afternoon, committee. I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. There’s a bit of time left on the clock here, Mr. Blake. Any other comments?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Minister’s fine forensic audit on that audit.

Given the increased interest of these two self-reporting categories, can the Minister indicate to the House why is the information of tax assessment and additional dollar recovery not readily available to the public? Of course, I understand confidentiality of locations of wholesalers and retailers are critical, however, the aggregate of such information is not. So why is it that this department is not sharing audit information publicly?

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Continuing on with general comments, I have Mr. Blake.

From the findings we received today here from the Minister for the ’13-14 fiscal year, can the Minister indicate what was the breakdown of the amount of the additional assessment of dollars recovered for both tobacco and fuel tax?

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Continuing on with general comments, I have Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Here is the bill of goods. According to public documents, DOT clearly knew the potential for arsenic-rich hotspots with the Queen’s report for the Highway No. 4 bypass and yet they did not do any baseline sampling. Why? Who knows?

Can the Minister clearly articulate what real precautions took place with this road construction and what is this government’s liability to the arsenic exposure to these contractors? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. We have a little bit of time left on the clock. Mr. Moses. Thank you. Moving on with general comments, I have Ms. Bisaro.

Mr. Speaker, the second report I tabled was an April 16, 2014, Giant Mine Working Group Public Report. On page 3, “Erika Nyyssonen (GNWT-ENR) noted that DOT, at the time, had been made aware of the Queens Soils results, and their vicinity to the highway realignment activities.”

Clearly, the department was aware of the province of arsenic in the area. So, can the Minister indicate to the House, why there was no baseline soil sampling for the potential of arsenic done by DOT before the construction of the Highway No. 4 bypass? Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Next on my list I have Mr. Moses for general comments.