Mr. Speaker, southern Albertans have petitioned the House, calling on the government to call a halt to gas fracking on lands controlled by the federal government.
First nation women are being criminally prosecuted for attempting to block fracking trucks from entering the lands of the Kainai blood tribe. They worry that fracking threatens their scarce surface water and groundwater reserves. A just released USEPA study indicates these concerns may be well-founded.
When will the government finally start acting on its duty to regulate the impact of industrial developments on first nation lands?