Thank you, Mr. Harris.
Yes, absolutely. As in Quebec, the areas being drilled and explored now are very similar to those in the St. Lawrence lowlands. You pretty well can't throw a stone in New Brunswick without hitting someone's house. We have agricultural areas and areas that are full of woodlots and communities. We're very spread out. So what people are concerned about is essentially the industrialization of their rural communities.
Certainly, in some parts of the United States, that's been the experience with the intensive development of shale gas. I say so because it's not just the pumping of the gas out of the ground that happens, but there's all of this ancillary equipment—the compressors, the condensers, and the pipelines, and so on and so forth—and the trucking, which is huge, to bring the water in and to take the waste out, all of which can really, truly industrialize communities. That's the issue there.
On an inquiry, we absolutely support having one, and in fact we think it's essential, because, as Madame Brunelle said, the issues are very similar across jurisdictions. We think an inquiry would help shine the light of day on the issue for all Canadians, so we can all work from a common set of information and ideas about how this can move forward in a way that, first, would be in the public interest of Canada in the regions where it's being developed, and, second, in a way that's safe for people and their environment.