Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of the Environment. Just a couple of questions on the cost of the Giant Mine Remediation Project now that the environmental assessment has finally been completed.
On August 11, 2014, the responsible Ministers, including our Minister, finally approved the measures coming out of the review report, and fundamental changes were made including, for example, research and development into a more permanent solution and a community-based oversight body. Those are great things, and I thank the Minister for any role he had in getting that done.
My couple of questions, first of all, given these fundamental changes, can the Minister tell the House what the new total costs are for this project?
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. The Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Miltenberger.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this point there are no new costs attributed to the project. We’re looking at managing the project with the existing funds. As the work and the new direction of the recommendations are acted on, then we’ll be looking at it to see if there are any further costs that haven’t already been anticipated.
That would be a feat, and I’ll ask the Minister to keep us updated on that.
I guess my last question is: Will there be any new costs for GNWT as a result of the final assessment?
At this point, not that I’m aware of.
Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Moses.
