Mr. Speaker, the Minister of the Environment says “...shale gas deposits can be developed...with the strict environmental policies and regulations in place”. However, today's fracking report, which obviously the parliamentary secretary has not read, says that not enough is known to declare it safe and provincial regulatory systems “are not based on strong science” and there's virtually no federal regulation. The government cannot have it both ways. It cannot have strict regulation and no federal regulation at the same time.
What is it? Is it strict or is it nothing?