Natural Resources committee  As far as our EIA process goes, it involves social issues and different other issues. I guess as the industry grows, the EIA process will also grow. Obviously, this is a very difficult decision we have to make here, and we have to take it seriously, but I just can't emphasize eno

Natural Resources committee  My first comment is that you're exactly right. I couldn't agree with you more. We here in New Brunswick cannot ignore the potential of what it could mean for this province, but at the end of the day, we have to make sure it's done right. I do take this personally. A lot of this a

Natural Resources committee  Even before they start drilling, they have to disclose everything, basically what they're doing from A to Z. That's even before they do anything. They're going to have to give full disclosure of all the chemicals they're going to use and what they're going to do day in and day ou

Natural Resources committee  I guess that's why we had the open house last Saturday morning, because the first people who came in at 9 o'clock in the morning were the mayors, councillors, LSDs, and representatives from the area. We let them talk to industry. We had three industry representatives there: South

Natural Resources committee  We didn't experience any spills or anything in Arkansas. You can imagine in your mind where you have six or seven 18-wheelers in one spot with a drill rig, and it's all computerized, and they actually had tar ponds out on the ground so that if anything did happen they would recov

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mike. It's always a pleasure to hear your lovely voice and see your half-body on TV. It's a pleasure to be here. We've done very well as far as the EIA process, phasing it in, in the Apache, in the Elgin area, as far as the process goes from beginning to end. They h

Natural Resources committee  As soon as we landed in Arkansas, in Little Rock, as soon as we got to the motel, we had three or four groups waiting for us there to have a meeting. These folks have been involved with the industry for probably 9 to 10 years, and we talked to them for a good two and a half hours

Natural Resources committee  We have been very clear since we took government in October that the moratorium was not in place for the Province of New Brunswick. We felt, and we know and we have had time to explore and come up with.... We have good regulations in place now. Since taking over as government, we

Natural Resources committee  What we are doing here in the province of New Brunswick is putting the best practices and standards in place. You mentioned consulting with the public. We've done that since day one. I mentioned in my brief 10-minute spiel that we had an open house in my backyard in Sussex last

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Chairman Benoit. Good afternoon, everyone. I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today, and I appreciate that you have made it possible to do it via video conferencing. The Government of New Brunswick is very pleased to