Regardless of how it happened, the people of Labrador have to live with the consequences of government inaction on methylmercury mitigation from Muskrat Falls.
That’s the contention of the PC MHA for Torngat Mountains.
Lela Evans says whether it was through “deliberate inaction” or “incompetence”, the people of Labrador have to live with methylmercury being released into the food chain.
Premier Dwight Ball last week testified that he wanted reservoir capping at the Muskrat Falls site done, but Opposition Leader Ches Crosbie says former Environment Minister Andrew Parsons “failed to deliver.”
Whatever happened says Evans, residents on the coast have to live with it.
That means the healthy, low-cost food they normally avail of will have to be limited.