Mr. Speaker, as Imperial Oil outlines in its press release, it's both; it's both regulatory delays that have occurred over the last number of years; and we've seen them related principally to the JRP, Mr. Speaker, and also the need to sit down with the federal government and talk about some of this fiscal certainty, Mr. Speaker. There's no doubt in my mind that the five or six years when this project was envisioned, the regulatory process that was set up with the cooperation plan seemed like a good one, but it's evident now that, in my opinion, the federal government vastly underestimated the resources that would be required to put this project through the regulatory process. The interdepartmental coordination from federal departments is not there, Mr. Speaker; we need a major projects coordinating office. The capacity in some of these departments -- and there are about 8 or 10 of them involved -- is not adequate. Mr. Speaker, even prior to these projects, the Crown has obligations to consult with aboriginal people. I don't think they have the capacity or the money in the federal government to do that. So it's on this federal government to fix those problems and we expect them to work to do that. 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.
Further Return To Question 5-15(6): Delay In Construction Of The Mackenzie Gas Project
Question 5-15(6): Delay In Construction Of The Mackenzie Gas Project
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 12th, 2007
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