Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a matter of course there are a number of monitoring stations all the way up, down to the Arctic, but the reality is a recent federal panel found that the monitoring as it relates to the oil sands is not sufficient, that it’s confused, that there are new mandates needed. Then Minister Baird announced that they were going to put together a plan and a board that’s going to set up a cutting-edge monitoring protocol. That work is underway. I think they gave themselves 90 days or thereabouts, and that work is underway. There’s a recognition that more has to be done, that the federal government and especially Environment Canada has a lead role to play. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 496-16(5): NWT Water Protection Strategy
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 496-16(5): NWT Water Protection Strategy
Oral Questions
February 20th, 2011
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