Thanks to the Minister for that response, and I guess we can agree to disagree, but somehow, I would hope that he would agree that building public confidence in our ability to manage resource development is something that we should be working towards. The REDI campaign, though, seems to be partially in response to the attempt to regulate fracking during the 17th Assembly. I could locate only two handouts or five pages on fracking and REDI materials, and there is not much discussion in there about impacts or tradeoffs.

In many other jurisdictions in Canada, they have done examinations of this issue through expert panels, independent panels, and that includes the Yukon. While we have time, would the Minister commit to an independent panel to examine and report on the issues of whether we should allow fracking in the NWT, and under what terms and conditions?