This is like putting icing on a cake and we never asked them if they like cake, type of thing, and we are serving it to them.

What the question really comes down to is we should ask them about what the fundamentals of the process are, which is should we allow fracking in the Northwest Territories and under what conditions?

Talking about down the road is great, and it’s not pre-empting the problem, it’s about asking the root of the question, which is the meaning of why we want to do something, because that drives the regulations. We passed the Wildlife Act and then we did the regulations. We’ll pass the Mental Health Act one day and then we will write the regulations. You don’t write the regulations and go back and ask the question. It’s the old saying, as we’ve all said, "The horse has left the barn."

I would like to see the Minister stand up and say, "We will go back and ask that peer question." Will he do that? Thank you.