Mr. Speaker, as a government, we have to balance many things, and we need to balance the environment and economic development and resource development. We have taken the appropriate steps to ensure we have the policy base that work is underway. We are, at the same time, recognizing that the world is not going to stand still and we need to maintain that balance as we catch up with our policy work. We are going to do that. We have looked very carefully, very thoroughly at the ConocoPhillips application and we are, once again, confident of what ConocoPhillips have put in their application in terms of commitments and if they address the concerns, extensive concerns we’ve put forward to the land and water board that this project is safe to proceed, recognizing that there is still work to be done, that this is a whole area that is new and we are doing a lot of the further detailed work to catch up that is going to allow them to more effectively address some of the concerns the Member has raised.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 292-17(4): Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Activities In The Sahtu
In the Legislative Assembly on June 3rd, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 292-17(4): Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Activities In The Sahtu
Oral Questions
June 2nd, 2013
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