Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am in support of this motion. I’ve spoken for probably a year now about the need for us to have a conversation on fracking, a public conversation on fracking, and to engage our residents, to help them learn more, to help them ask the questions that they want asked so they can get the information that they are seeking. I spoke last week in my statement and said that we need to have a conversation on fracking. It has yet to happen, and the answers from the Minister to my questions indicates that this government is not prepared to stop looking at regulations and have the conversation about if we should frack.

I also spoke on Tuesday and said the same thing, that we need to have a conversation on fracking. This motion will help us to do that. As Mr. Bromley said, the whereases in the motion speak for themselves. The public has asked for a conversation. They’ve asked for a review. They’ve asked for something similar to what the Yukon did and over a two-year period. We have the time. We know that there is not going to be development in the Sahtu over the next at least year, two years, even longer I gather, is what the industry is saying.

It is a perfect time, in my mind, for us to stop, do the consultation and the total review on the merits and benefits of fracking. I believe that’s the wording in the motion. It’s badly needed, and I wish, as Mr. Bromley said, that the government would start listening to what the people are asking for.