I move to withdraw proposed paragraphs 46(1)(k.2) and 46(1)(k.3) in lines 10 and 11, “hydraulic fracturing” and “tailing ponds”. These are additions to the act that are currently covered under provincial legislation on the monitoring of environmental activity that's associated with one specific industry, and as far as tailings ponds are concerned in one specific province, much of that has been ameliorated over the last decade.
I think involving the federal government in an overlapping jurisdictional regulation here is adding more bureaucracy into the environmental oversight of one industry in particular. I think it might be opposed by provincial governments across the country if it's put forward this way. I suggest we withdraw it at this point in time in order to make sure that it's something that is clearly done and regulated at the provincial level, where it currently is done very effectively.