Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Daniels.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister. I was pleased to hear the Minister earlier say that there will be an opportunity for residents to provide some input, and that’s, I think, a large concern for me and also for many constituents. What avenues will there be in sort of a specific sense for residents to direct their concerns to the government so the government will know what individual residents and/or community governments feel about the process of hydraulic fracturing? Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. DeLancey.

We will bypass page 8-2 as it is the summary. If we could move to page 8-4, Education, Culture and Employment, activity summary, advanced education, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $1.401 million.

We need to separate frack from fiction, do we? Thank you to the Minister for the comment, but I would like to know what we are doing as a government. Are we engaging in any research? Are we looking into the effect that fracking will have on our northern environment because it is different from other environments? I would like to know whether there are any plans on the part of this government to do some serious research, and once that’s done, to then educate other governments and our residents about it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. There are no further speakers on my list. Are we agreed that general comments are concluded?

To quote the Council of Canadians: “We need the facts about fracks.” It’s the responsibility of a government to protect its people. This government must take the appropriate actions to do just that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Elkin. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Does committee agree to bring the witnesses into the House?