Thank you.
Thank you for your help, colleague.
I have similar questions. We were told earlier that this fracturing—we know the fracturing technology, and actually Canada has done a fair bit with it in oil—has now been in use for some time. What do our government agencies know, and the industries as well, over a period of time, of these new technologies? We're hearing how the new technologies are now making a lot more available. I think the initial reaction of lay people is that these are kind of violent things that happen underneath the ground. Do we really have the studies to tell, over time, what the impact is of the induction of new chemicals and the use of water? If so, where are those studies?
We heard earlier reference to the EPA. First studies were in 1994; that sounds pretty recent. So I'm looking at the experienced studies we have, such as from the Canadian government, because the energy board does have a role in approvals of new projects. I'm not sure where that goes with gas, but certainly it has to do with the oil sands. But on these particular things, do we have the studies conducted? And if so, where can you point us?