The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that 22 months after her government approved the Site C dam, British Columbia's costliest public infrastructure project, Energy Minister Michelle Mungall made her first visit to the construction site for which she is responsible. The Globe's Justine Hunter writes that Ms. Mungall was a passionate opponent of the Northern B.C. project before her party formed government. Now, she must perform the role of chief advocate for a $10.7-billion hydroelectric dam that is in danger of running over budget. As the minister responsible, she defends the decision by her government in December, 2017, to move forward with the project. It began under the former Liberal government, and after her NDP took power and reviewed the project, the new government decided it was too far along to stop. "I stand by the choice we made," Ms. Mungall said, "because the negative consequences of discontinuing the Site C project were such that we wouldn't have been able to deliver on the basic services that people need every day." Site C will flood 55 square kilometres of river valley, and an environmental review concluded it will have negative effects on wildlife, agricultural land and indigenous communities.