Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess it depends on your perspective, but I certainly don't see this as a good thing. I don't see the delay as beneficial. Mr. Speaker, we have to keep in mind that much of the exploration, much of the seismic work that's going to happen in the central Mackenzie is in the hopes that gas can be found and be put into the pipeline. Much of the work that's slated for the Beaufort-Delta area, and there are many, many people and businesses who have made a bet on this project and invested in the steel and in the capacity to be ready for this, and the more slippage, the more likelihood that we'll see bankruptcies and we'll see people not able to put their equipment to work, Mr. Speaker. So it's, in fact, quite frightening. I think that we need to do what we can to keep the regulatory process on track. I'm still optimistic that some of the time can be gained back in the end and that we won't be looking at first gas by 2014, but I see no other way to see this but as a disappointing announcement on the regulatory slippage and, you know, we're going to work to do what we can to see if there's some time that can be made back. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 5-15(6): Delay In Construction Of The Mackenzie Gas Project
In the Legislative Assembly on March 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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Question 5-15(6): Delay In Construction Of The Mackenzie Gas Project
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 12th, 2007
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