I would agree with Mr. Longfield here. Clearly, hydraulic fracturing and other activities that cause tailing ponds are activities that are covered under proposed paragraph 46(1)(k.1) as “activities that may contribute to pollution”. By removing these two lines, we're removing redundancy, but certainly we should be concerned about the potential for those activities to cause pollution to the environment and affect human health.
On January 30th, 2023. See this statement in context.