Mr. Speaker, the second petition is also from residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands.
The petitioners are calling for the federal government to institute a national moratorium on the practice of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. There are now provincial moratoria in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, but there remains the fact, as the petitioners point out, that the chemicals used in the fracking compounds that are injected below the surface near our groundwater are not publicly known and are not registered with Environment Canada. There also remain threats due to induced seismology--in other words, causing earthquakes. The petitioners would like the Parliament of Canada to act on this matter.