Thank you. We have a Mackenzie Valley development planning division. It is small and certainly needs, I believe, increased support, but it is working with DIAND and their pipeline readiness office so that we can develop some strategies for impact management. As these kinds of strategies are being formulated, I think it is important that we set the strategic direction at this level and have some control, and play certainly an advisory role in the development of these things. We did, jointly with DIAND, contract the McLeod Institute to sit down and develop options for collaborative approaches and strategies to manage these impacts that are caused by upstream oil and gas development. I think that there is some good preliminary work going on here. We are doing some baseline wildlife studies, and some other things of this nature. Clearly, I think we need more resources brought to bear on this priority, and not just the pipeline, Mackenzie Valley development planning in general. I certainly think that it makes sense to have ordinary Members involved and engaged in providing strategic direction in this regard. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 51-15(3): Development Responding To Oil And Gas
In the Legislative Assembly on March 22nd, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Question 51-15(3): Development Responding To Oil And Gas
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 21st, 2004
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