Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think one of the most important steps is to make sure communities registered as interveners in the JRPEA process and I think that that has been done. They are challenged though to have the resources to have meaningful involvement and that will be the real problem here. We also need to understand from communities exactly what their hopes and aspirations are in terms of benefits and opportunities, and we need to work that into our socioeconomic agreement negotiations with the producers. But I'll certainly give the Member my commitment that, as lead Minister on this file, I'm working with the social envelope Ministers to ensure that we have an approach that we can sit down and articulate, and we will work with communities to better understand this issue and this challenge and help them better be prepared and equipped to represent their interests and aspirations and concerns, acknowledge their concerns through the EIS process as interveners. 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.
Further Return To Question 523-15(3): Social Impacts Of Pipeline Development
Question 523-15(3): Social Impacts Of Pipeline Development
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 1st, 2005
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