A few weeks ago, a colleague within the department, Mr. Howard Brown, came here to discuss this matter. He followed up by providing a document detailing the responsibilities of the federal government as well as those of the provinces. I would simply say that I today discussed the research and development responsibilities of our department.
Furthermore, there are colleagues within the department who oversee
groundwater, the Geological Survey of Canada. I would be happy to provide information to the committee as to the mapping they are doing of the groundwater and the additional information they provide to regulators, who then base their decisions on it.