Green Party Leader and MLA for Fredericton South David Coon met with the members of the provincial Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing on July 15th at their invitation. The Green Party Leader asked questions about the commissioners’ terms of reference, work plan, timeline and the transparency of their work. The Commission intends to manage its public profile through a website it […]
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Mr. Speaker, the Terms of Reference for the Fracking Commission tabled by the Minister of Energy in this House yesterday are as barren of content as the Minister of Environment’s Mandate Letter. This leaves the Commissioners to make it up as they go along unless the Minster actually provided them with direction that he has chosen not to release to […]
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Hydraulic Fracturing Commission M. Coon : Ma question, pour le premier ministre, est la suivante : La Nouvelle-Écosse, le Québec et l’État de New York ont tous entrepris une recherche plus approfondie sur la fracturation hydraulique dans l’extraction du gaz de schiste. Pour ce faire, ils ont disposé de ressources importantes, dont : David Wheeler, président de Cape […]
Read moreMr. Speaker. After listening to the debate on fracking for shale gas last Thursday, Mr. Speaker, I was amazed that our climate crisis was never mentioned. The recent severe weather is a reminder that we are in a time of rapid climate change. That’s why the world is in Peru trying to forge an agreement to avoid the most disastrous impacts […]
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