The current
crisis over methylmercury levels threatening Lake Melville, after flooding at
the Muskrat Falls reservoir, cannot be viewed in isolation from the other
issues that plague the project - especially its frightening (and growing) price
tag.
This is a
renewed call for Premier Ball to put the project on “ice” at least for this
winter.
The interregnum
will afford a full review of the methylmercury issue and give the public an
opportunity (one they should demand) to examine its economic consequences for
them, as ratepayers.
Additional
clear cutting and soil removal in the reservoir area can only add to an already
over-burdensome cost. The Government’s way of dealing with the environmental
issues seems at best incremental. The public can have no confidence the
Province can afford to have this project completed.
