As the Member pointed out, the ENR staff was presenting the results of some of the studies that were being done in the mountains in his constituency. We have, through our research agenda, we’ve laid out this whole area as an area that requires study, and there are world-class experts like Dr. Pomeroy from the University of Saskatoon that have spent 30 years up here working and there’s enormous interest from the scientific community to find out what’s happening for all the reasons the Member has mentioned, as well as just some of the incredible releases of carbon and methane that may result with the melting. As the government, as the Member well knows, over the last number of years we’ve been dealing with just the permafrost issues just with piles alone and our roads, the issue or the erosion that you talk about. The North is very clearly moving at a rate of change that is many times faster than the rest of the world, so there is an enormous amount of attention here, as well, and we’re still feeling some of the residual attention from the International Polar Year, as well.
Michael Miltenberger on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2011. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 21st, 2011
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