Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Specifically to social impacts, which I think is really outside the NEB process, which will be focused more on technical issues, on tolling issues, those kinds of questions specific to social impacts, we want to work with communities. We are certainly going to find some dedicated resources to coordinate this government's approach to that. I know that the social envelope Ministers are going to sit down, and one of the first steps is to take an inventory of programs and services currently available in communities and then to sit down and recognize that different communities will be challenged in different ways. Some are directly in the pipeline right-of-way. Others will see camps set up right on their doorsteps. So there are different levels of impact. We want to talk about that. We want to better predict, recognize and understand what those impacts will be. I think only then can we engage in a meaningful discussion and debate with communities about how we mitigate that, but part if this we'll certainly be discussing how we can help communities come to the table and participate in the CIS. As I've said, we believe the federal government has to be involved in this and is key, but we're going to do what we can to bring them into the fold and ensure that they meet the commitments that they should rightfully be making. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 523-15(3): Social Impacts Of Pipeline Development
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 2005. See this statement in context.
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