Robert Benzie // Premier Kathleen Wynne says she never received Grassy Narrows mercury report | Toronto Star

16.11.17

Premier Kathleen Wynne says she never received Grassy Narrows mercury report | Toronto Star: Asked why it was left to the Star to reveal what had been known inside the provincial government for more than a year, Wynne did not mince words.

“We’re asking those questions. We are not sure exactly … how that information hadn’t made it to my desk, but we’re asking that question,” she said.

“It is always a concern if we don’t have the information that we need to make good decisions. We have questions.”

The Star recently reported that the government has had an explosive report in its possession for over a year. The report, which was commissioned by Domtar, the company that now owns the mill, says that in 1990 the environment ministry was told that mercury was visible in soil under a building on the mill site.