Thank you, Madam Minister, for being here at our committee and for taking the time to update us on the aquaculture work.
I have a couple of sets of questions, but I'd like to start with a concern from my province of British Columbia.
We know that the decision to stop the Taseko Prosperity mine involved a number of cabinet ministers, including this minister. We also know that the cabinet decision to block Taseko Mines' Prosperity project required four ministers to sign off on it for it to be considered a cabinet decision.
The minister is aware, from other conversations, that there are strong indications, from highly abnormal share trading and plunging prices associated at the time that cabinet was making its decision, that there may have been a cabinet leak. So I have a few questions about that.
Minister, what date did you sign off on the Taseko Mines decision? Who in your office knew about this decision? Has your office handed over any and all information about the deal to the RCMP and the PCO?
There was another project that was approved, the Mount Milligan project, that also affected inland fisheries. Are you confident that there was no leak involving this project?