Ottawa maintains right to intervene in shale-gas industry. Harper government studying long-term effects of controversial ‘fracking’ technique, environment minister says Reuters, with files from the Vancouver Sun, June 17, 2011
Ottawa oversees the use of toxic substances and can step in to regulate their use if needed. “The principle responsibility rests with the provinces and the territories, but indeed the federal government has an interest and can involve itself when a threat is perceived and reported,” Kent said in the House of Commons…
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